Komatsuna Comred F1

Both tasty and nutricious, this variety, Comred F1, has rich ruby red leaves that contrast beautifully with their green stems: it grows well from late spring to early autumn and makes a lovely addition to salads and sandwiches. Mature leaves can be shredded into a stir fry or steamed.

SOW: can be started in modules from late spring to late summer, or sow thinly where they are to grow.  A good choice for CCA use (CCA is cut-&-come-again). Make several sowings for a supply through to autumn.

GROW: transplant at the 2/3 leaf stage and space at 10cm for small plants, or up to 35cm apart if you want to grow larger plants. Komatsuna can be harvested as a cut and come again (by leaving a short length of stem to resprout), or at any stage from small to large.

Square Foot Gardening (SFG) spacing for Komatsuna Comred F1 depends on the desired harvest size, with 9 to 16 plants per square foot being the standard recommendation.

• Baby Leaf / Dense Harvest: Plant 16 per square foot (spaced 3 inches / 7.5 cm apart) for a dense cut-and-come-again baby leaf crop.
Medium / Small Bunching: Plant 9 per square foot (spaced 4 inches / 10 cm apart) for compact multi-use heads or standard small-plant harvesting.
Full Maturity: Reduce to 4 per square foot (spaced 8 inches / 20 cm apart) if you want large, fully mature single plants

ENJOY: through the summer and, as these are hardy, the late sowings will crop well into the winter.

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