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How to Grow Komatsuna: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

A quick leafy brassica ready in about a month, sown in succession almost year round and cut young for stir-fries and soups.

Komatsuna

Brassica rapa var. perviridis

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Sow / plantGrowingHarvest

Guides

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Pests and diseases (14)

Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.

White Rust

CommonDisease

Creamy white slightly raised irregular pustules form on the leaf underside and burst through the skin releasing white powder. The upper surface turns pale yellow and heavy infection ruins appearance and market value.

Fusarium YellowsPowdery MildewSclerotinia RotAnthracnoseGray MoldDowny MildewMosaic DiseaseRhizoctonia DiseaseLeaf StripeWhite Leaf SpotYellow LeafAlternaria Black SpotBacterial Leaf Spot

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