Non bolting heat loving green?

[Kassaundra]

Does anyone have any suggestions for a non bolting MILD tasting green? I grew spinach mustard this year and it was phenominal!!!!!! 110 degree days and not a bolt at all (actually I think it is bienial and incapable of bolting) I highly recommend it if you like a moderate taste to your greens, it was truly amazing, but it has to sharp a taste for either me or my husband.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Have you considered New Zealand spinach? It is non-bolting and heat loving. I'm not sure it meets your "mild-tasting" criteria but taste is up to the individual.

 

[Kassaundra]

That is one of the seeds on my Baker Creek wish list. I like the taste of chard and choy's. I also like spinach, but my husband only likes it raw, not cooked.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I don't think you would like NZ spinach raw.

 

[Gnome_Czech]

NZ raw is no bueno, lol. I grow chard and only chard now because even the no or slow bolt spinach does bolt!

 

[digitS']

This spinach mustard, Kassaundra, is it:

Mizuna

Komatsuna

Golden Frills

??

I have grown mizuna now and then and it doesn't bolt. The "Frills" from Johnny's will and yet the difference from mizuna is hard to recognize in taste or the appearance of the leaves.

Komatsuna was in my garden last fall and I've got tiny seedlings right now. It didn't bolt with a fall planting. I really wanted to try komatsuna in the spring garden. It was in a great hurry to bolt! Well, I still enjoyed it .

I don't suppose that your spinach mustard is:

Perpetual Spinach.

Chard gets the rave reviews as bolt-free and this might be a chard but, it's a little different. To me, the flavor is much more like beet greens - another chard relative. I like it just fine, bought seed for it this spring . . . then forgot to plant them .

Anyway, perpetual spinach has never bolted in my garden.

Steve

 

[momofdrew]

This spinach mustard, Kassaundra, is it:

Mizuna

Komatsuna

Golden Frills

??

I have grown mizuna now and then and it doesn't bolt. The "Frills" from Johnny's will and yet the difference from mizuna is hard to recognize in taste or the appearance of the leaves.

Komatsuna was in my garden last fall and I've got tiny seedlings right now. It didn't bolt with a fall planting. I really wanted to try komatsuna in the spring garden. It was in a great hurry to bolt! Well, I still enjoyed it .

I don't suppose that your spinach mustard is:

Perpetual Spinach.

Chard gets the rave reviews as bolt-free and this might be a chard but, it's a little different. To me, the flavor is much more like beet greens - another chard relative. I like it just fine, bought seed for it this spring . . . then forgot to plant them .

Anyway, perpetual spinach has never bolted in my garden.

Steve

My chard bolted this year It was the first time that happened...I have eaten New Zealand spinach raw ...

 

[Kassaundra]

The spinach mustard is called Tendergreen. The seed pkt has no botanical name. But I have to say if you like a little kick w/ your greens and live in a hot climate this stuff it great. I very well may plant it again as a ground cover green mulch type crop, my chickens really liked it too. But I would rather find a green that performs as well as this w/ a much more mild flavor.

I am in OK and we have had 2 months of 110 degree temps and no rain, I did water my garden though, and like I said no bolting at all. It was easy to grow, easy to germinate, and there has been no preditor (insect) activity on it at all. The bunnies had no access so I can't speak to that at all.