Green Manure Mustard Seeds (Sinapis Alba) By Sementi Dotto

a kitchen delight

Sinapsis alba or White Mustard is a high quality Mustard variety.
It is a cool season crop that can be grown in a short growing season. Ideal as a green manure, it is fast growing and produces large volumes of green matter and residual fibre which, when chopped up and dug in is particularly good for soil that lacks organic matter as it helps to improve soil texture and moisture retention. The young seedling plants of White Mustard are commonly raised in gardens for salad, the seeds being usually sown with those of the garden cress and germinating with great rapidity. They may be grown all the year round, the seed readily vegetating under a hand-glass even in cold weather, if the ground is not absolutely frozen.

Officinal properties

The dried, ripe seeds are alone official. They possess rubefacient properties, and are mixed with Black Mustard seeds to produce mustard flour for preparing mustard poultices. Seeds have been employed medicinally from very early times. Hippocrates advised their use both internally and as a counter irritating poultice, made with vinegar. They have been administered frequently in disorders of the digestive organs. White Mustard seeds were at one time quite a fashionable remedy as a laxative, especially for old people, but from the danger of their retention in the intestines, they are not very safe in large quantities, having in several cases caused inflammation of the stomach and intestinal canal. An infusion of the seeds will relieve chronic bronchitis and confirmed rheumatism, and for a relaxed sore throat a gargle of Mustard Seed Tea will be found of service.

Cultivation and Growing Information

Mustard is well adapted to cool climates and will germinate at low soil temperatures to 4°C (39°F). Seedlings emerge rapidly, but then usually grow slowly. Plants cover the ground in 4 to 5 weeks. Plant height at maturity varies from 60 to 90cm (24 to 36in) depending on environmental conditions. 
Flower buds are visible about five weeks after emergence. Yellow flowers begin to appear 7 to 10 days later and continue blooming for a long period. They are attractive to pollinating insects. Mustard can be raised on variable soil types; it has partial drought tolerance, but does not tolerate waterlogged soils since growth will be stunted. Mustard is a robust annual, once frosts arrive in winter the foliage can be left on the soil surface as a mulch. It will gradually be incorporated by worms etc and the remainder can be dug in during early spring.

Seeding: March-April

Blooming: May-October

Guaranteed quality:  Sementi Dotto seeds

Sementi Dotto was founded in 1963 as a family-run farm specialized in the field of vegetable seeds and gardening products. SEMENTI DOTTO is present in the hobby sector with a wide range of products for gardening care and with a complete line of products for small pets. In addition, since Sementi Dotto is always heedful to changing market conditions and environmental sensitivity, with “L’Orto Biologico” line it also offers a wide range of vegetable seeds and seeds for sprouts obtained exclusively from organic farming which include the use of agricultural adjuvants not harmful to the environment.

The primary objective of the company is to achieve total quality, entering the market with high-grade products, advanced packaging, cutting-edge logistics services, promotional activities, careful and qualified customer service, efficient internal processes, maintaining the balance of a large organization without sacrificing the traditional quality values for which it is famous.

Net weight sachet: 5gr