{"id":1088,"date":"2024-03-14T13:23:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/104.238.170.140\/natseeds\/nationalseeds\/?post_type=vegetable-seeds&#038;p=1088"},"modified":"2024-03-14T13:23:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:23:53","slug":"tsunga-mustard","status":"publish","type":"vegetable-seeds","link":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/vegetable-seeds\/tsunga-mustard\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsunga Mustard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tsunga Mustard a green staple in Zimbabwe, is pest-tolerant due to its hot mustard taste.It produces a large plant with oval leaves rich in vitamins and minerals. Tsunga Mustard\u00a0 can be harvested continuously and the best taste is in leaves 7 &#8211; 10 cm long. The best yields are achieved between April and August because the cold season delays the onset of flowering in the plant. It is a highly sought after crop on the local markets, making it a good income generator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Special varietal requirements: \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tsunga Mustard does better where soils are rich in organic matter, leaf size and quality improves where organic manure is added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Characteristic<\/td><td>Tsunga Mustard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kind<\/td><td>Open pollinated (Brassica juncea)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Season<\/td><td>All Year round&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maturity<\/td><td>30 &#8211; 65 days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Germination<\/td><td>5 &#8211; 10 days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sowing Depth<\/td><td>0.5 &#8211; 1 cm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Harvest Period<\/td><td>6 &#8211; 8 weeks<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Attachment Point<\/td><td>Small, neat<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fruit Colour<\/td><td>Shoulder light green. Very good internal and excellent external colour<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Poulation Guide<\/td><td>10 000 \u2013 16 000 final stand per ha<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>End Use<\/td><td>Fresh market<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":730,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"vegetable-seed-categories":[17,73],"class_list":["post-1088","vegetable-seeds","type-vegetable-seeds","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","seed-categories-opv","seed-categories-tsunga"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vegetable-seeds\/1088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vegetable-seeds"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vegetable-seeds"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"seed-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vegetable-seed-categories?post=1088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}