About the Recipe
Mizuna is most often compared to rocket in both taste and appearance. Taste wise, it has a similar flavour but I would say with more pepper. It will grow best in partial shade if it is kept well watered as it is quite prone to bolting during hot spells in summer.
Ingredients
1 packet mizuna seeds
1 seed tray filled with potting compost
extra potting compost
water
Preparation
plant 3 - 4 seeds into each plug, pushing the seeds to a depth of 3 - 4mm / 1/8 inch deep with your finger tip
cover with a little extra compost
give the tray a good misting with water
keep indoors or in a greenhouse until germinated, misting if the compost appears to be drying out
keep the compost moist and when the seedlings are 3 -4 cm / 1.5 - 2 inches high, repot into larger pots with fresh compost
keep under cover and after 3 - 4 weeks, the plants should be around 10cm / 5 inches tall and developing a leaf system
at this stage you can plant out in beds or retain in pots. if the plant's leaf growth becomes wider than the pot, then pot on into a larger pot
after 3 - 4weeks, your first mizuna leaves should be ready to harvest. cutting mizuna leaves will stimulate regrowth so you’ll be able to harvest leaves several times
mizuna is a robust and fast growing plant, just keep the plant well watered especially during hot, dry periods