Bunch Mustard Guche wali sarso (20Gm)

🔹 Common name ➜ Bunch Mustard, Guchhe Wali Sarson, Rai, Leafy Mustard
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Brassica juncea
🔹 Type ➜ Leafy vegetable & Spice crop 🌿
🔹 Use ➜ Fresh greens (Saag), salad, curry, seed spice, oil
✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej cultivation
➜ Chemical-free leafy vegetable farming

🌟 Why Bunch Mustard (Guchhe Wali Sarson)?
✔️ Grows in dense clusters & heavy bunches 🌾
✔️ Fast growth with continuous multiple pickings ✂️
✔️ Rich in iron, vitamins & essential nutrients 💊
✔️ Strong demand in local winter markets for Saag 🍲
✔️ Low input cost & highly resilient plant
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Leafy green farming
➜ Kitchen gardening
➜ Small farmers & organic growers

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
➜ Rabi crop ➜ September – November ❄️
📍 Punjab / North India:
➜ Best sowing: • September – October
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 15–25°C
❌ Avoid excessive heat during early germination

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Well-drained loamy to sandy loam soil
➜ pH ➜ 6.0–7.5
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic farming
➜ Rich soils high in organic matter

🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Recommended: • Desi open-pollinated seeds 🌱
• Native non-GMO seeds
• Traditional seed-saving varieties
✔️ Benefits: ➜ Pure seed retention for next season
➜ Soft tender stems with heavy bunchy leaves
➜ Strong native immunity against disease

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Line sowing or raised bed broadcasting
Seed rate: ➜ 2–2.5 kg per acre
Seed depth: ➜ 1–1.5 cm
Spacing:
➜ Row ➜ 25–30 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 10–15 cm (after thinning)
✔️ Helps: ➜ Thick bunchy formation
➜ Easy harvesting in bundles

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before sowing:
➜ Desi cow dung manure (FYM) ➜ 5–6 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray (after each leaf cutting)
➜ Liquid mustard cake spray
✔️ Improves: ➜ Rapid leaf regrowth
➜ Deep green color & rich traditional taste

💧 Irrigation
➜ Regular light irrigation required
Schedule: ➜ Every 8–10 days
Critical stages: ➜ After every leaf picking
❌ Avoid waterlogging to protect fine feeder roots
🐛 Organic Pest Control
➜ Prone to aphids during cloudy winter days 🐛
If needed: ➜ Neem Astra or Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Sour buttermilk (Lassi) spray
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ 100% natural chemical-free production

🌼 Leaf Growth & Harvesting Stages
➜ First picking ➜ 25–30 days after sowing
➜ Regrowings continue for 3–4 pickings at 10–12 day intervals

🧺 Harvesting
➜ Ready for first cut in ➜ 25–30 days
Harvest when: ➜ Clusters are dense, broad, and tender
✔️ Cut leaves 2–3 cm above soil level to promote fresh shoot growth
⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 2.5–3 months (for saag harvest)

📦 Yield
➜ Average ➜ 65–85 quintal/acre (total green leaf yield)
✔️ Regular cash flow through repeated harvests 💰
🌱 Special Benefits
✔️ Heavy yield per plant due to cluster-growing habit
✔️ Dual utility: harvest for greens or allow to mature for seeds
✔️ High demand among local consumers for authentic taste 🌍
✔️ Best for: ➜ Desi seed saving
➜ Frequent market harvesting

🪴 Growing Guchhe Wali Sarson on Roof
✔️ Possible
Container:
➜ Grow bag / Rectangular tray ➜ 6–9 inch depth
Notes:
➜ Highly suitable for home rooftop gardens; provides continuous fresh saag