By Amy Grant If you are a fan of the pre-washed, pre-packaged mixed baby greens, chances are that you have come across tatsoi. Okay, so it’s a green but what other interesting tatsoi plant info can we dig up along with tatsoi growing instructions? Let’s find out. Tatsoi Plant Info Tatsoi (Brassica rapa) is indigenous to Japan where it has been cultivated since 500 A.D. This Asian green belongs to the cabbage family of Brassicas. A low growing annual with small, spoon-shaped leaves, tatsoi is also called spoon mustard, spinach mustard or rosette bok choy, of which it is a close relative of. They have a mild mustard-like flavor. The plant looks similar to spinach; however, the stems and veins are white and sweet. The plant with its distinctive green, spoon-like leaves, only grows to about an inch high, but it can reach a foot across! This little plants thrives
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