Mustard Reviews

Application of glyphosate is sometimes used, but it is non-selective and will kill everything it touches. If detected and treated early, eradication of garlic mustard is much easier and more effective.More generally, the proverbial "best offense" to prevent...

Produce storage: Store, unwashed, in plastic bags in the refrigerator. Excessive nitrogen encourages overly-tender growth and potential pest problems. Mustard greens prefer cool temperatures, and most varieties will bolt (or flower) when summer brings...

If you are not getting this much rainfall a week while growing mustards, then you can do additional watering.Keep your mustard greens bed weed free, especially when they are small seedlings.

When this happens, it's a good idea to know how to control garlic mustard plants.How to Control Garlic Mustard Plants with Small InfestationsWhen infestations are small, hand-pulling plants is the best way of killing garlic mustard.

Harvest some for the roots, eat freely of the leaves and grab as many flowers as you can. Let's put them back into service rather than waste them. They actually don't do well in cultivated garden soil.

If you want more sauce, just note the 3-to-1 vinegar-to-oil ratio. Then, you're actually halfway to a salade nicoise ! Servings: about 1/2 cup INGREDIENTS 2 tablespoons red wine or sherry vinegar 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 6 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon...

Cultivated mustard seeds can go wild, escaping the garden and growing in lawns or along roads. A weeded garden bed will minimize the mustard's competition for water with other plants.Mustard seeds will sprout quickly, within three to 10 days.

The seeds will germinate just a few days later. Other options include sprays of kaolin clay-based products (such as Surround) to protect the plants from feeding damage and spring soil applications of beneficial nematodes to attack and kill the ground-dwelling...

Mustard residue suppresses soil-borne nematodes, so it is an excellent cover crop to grow before potatoes. Thin to 6 inches (15 cm) apart in all directions. Troubleshooting Irrigation is often needed to get a good stand in dry fall weather.

Too much heat causes leaves to be tough and strongly flavored. They tolerate – indeed thrive – in cooler temperatures; however, that is where the similarities end. In mild regions, such as south Texas and coastal areas, gardeners can expect collard...

The mustard plant was one of the first domesticated plants, according to Purdue University Extension. Harvest mustard in the morning when plant leaves seeds are yellow or brown. Yellow mustard matures within 80 to 85 days, and Oriental and brown varieties...

The Bible indicates that birds nest in the mustard tree, which does not happen in black mustard. Surgeons use mustard seed flour to make their hands aseptic. While black mustard, or Brassica Nigra, is not technically a tree, it grows large enough to be...

Mustard plants have large leafy greens and yellow flowers. Sometimes colored black, purple or green, the seed pods split in the middle to expose small black or dark brown seeds.Mustard plants grow throughout most of the North America, Europe, South America...

The basic formula is water, a little vinegar, and salt and sugar worked into dried, ground mustard to form a paste. Use any liquid you can think of: fruit juice, beer, champagne or a few tablespoons of whatever wine is leftover from your last dinner party.

If the sea rocket plants detect roots of other type plants close to it, an “” action occurs. Growing sea rocket actually prefers sandy conditions. Start it from the double jointed seed pods when they appear on the plant and mature, following the small...

Flea beetles moving into the garden will stop to colonize the mustard rather than moving into the garden. Use row covers as your primary defense against this pest. When disturbed, flea beetles jump away with the help of their powerful rear legs.

Plant dill seed after the last frost in your area and lightly cover the seed with soil. Seed formation is dependent upon weather conditions. When the pods turn brown, cut the entire flower head off and put it in a paper sack.

This perennial reproduces by both seed and vegetative runners, so you'll want to repeatedly pull single Leafy Spurge plants out by as much of the root as you can. Tags Canada Thistle , Garlic Mustard , weed , weeds

Whether thin and delicate, fat and green, or white with purple shadings, asparagus poking up through its protection of straw is a sure sign of the oncoming growing season. Photo by Judith Hausman Asparagus is easy to prepare and wonderful to eat.

Photo by Stephanie Staton Ingredients 1 cup home-brewed ale (most types of ale will work well) 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar 1 T. Use your leftover beer to dress up a healthy side salad.

When a ruminant consumes plants containing glycosinolates, it breaks them down into isoallyl thiocyanates, which is where the trouble begins. Both wild mustard and white mustard can cause serious reactions in humans.

Until this gardening year I killed ALL weeds, without mercy. It was a never-ending and tedious job. And I am against using chemicals. * Mustard - many decades; some have been known to sprout after 600 years!To improve MY soil, I will be buying and spreading...

April 1 to 15 is recommended for lima beans, snap beans, cantaloupe, sweet corn, tomato, watermelon, eggplant and pumpkin; April 15 to 30 is recommended for chard, okra, beets, lima beans, pepper plants, summer squash, sweet potatoes and snap beans.May...

The more you learn about watercress, the more likely you are to include this tasty member of the mustard family in your diet. Discover gardening information about watercress, and why scientists find this nutrient-rich herb so fascinating.Gardeners, chefs...

The initial gloom the approaching storm stirred in me was replaced by excited anticipation as two turkeys responded to the rumbling with timid gobbles. Birds would answer my calls then drift away into the dogwood blooms and early morning fog.

Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Sow in double rows, with rows spaced 10 inches (25 cm) apart. Troubleshooting Flea beetles often chew small holes in tatsoi leaves in spring, but are...

The purply-pink that paints the landscape fades all too quickly, so we have to drink in their beauty—and eat them, too—while we can. We've mixed it into dinner salads along with the chickweed and henbit growing alongside it in the garden bed.