Mustard
Mustard: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
White or yellow mustard, Sinapis alba, is a herbaceous annual in the Brassicaceae family. It is known both for seeds used as a condiment and for its role as a cover crop or green manure. The name mustard also applies to other species, including brown and black mustard. This description concerns white mustard, whose botanical identity cannot be established simply from the colour of a prepared mustard sauce.The plant develops upright, branching stems with deeply lobed leaves. Its outline becomes taller and more open as it enters the flowering phase. Yellow flowers have four petals, an arrangement characteristic of many brassicas. They appear in groups above the foliage and bring a bright presence to a plot. The height and density of the vegetation vary with growing conditions, rather than having identical dimensions in every garden. Its leafy and flowering stages therefore have different visual qualities.Following the flowers, elongated seed pods…
