The spicy vegetable in rural areas is mustard greens. Mustard is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to the Brassicaceae family. It can reach a height of 150 cm. Its young stems and leaves have stinging hairs and a spicy taste. The stems are upright and the petioles have small lobes. The lower leaves of the stems are smaller and have notched or notched edges. Teeth, leaves on the upper part of the stem are narrow-lanceolate, with inconspicuous sparse teeth or entire edges.

Life habits of spicy vegetables

Mustard prefers a cool and humid environment, avoids heat and drought, and is not frost tolerant. It needs strong light conditions to prepare buds, vines, flowering and fruiting. After low temperature vernalization and long daylight conditions. Its root system is well developed, with main and lateral roots distributed in about 30cm soil layer. It likes fertilizer and has a large demand for nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. The growth period of mustard is short, about 30 days from sowing to harvesting, and it can be harvested when it has 10-12 leaves.