Arugula x chinese mustard

halleone · July 10, 2012

Does anyone know if arugula will cross with chinese mustard? I would like to save seed from both of these (having finally found a mustard I like and a new arugula), but they are growing about 3 beds apart from each other, and I have lots of pollinators out and about.

BarbJ · July 11, 2012

Don't know for sure, but they are both in the same family, cruciferous (aka, cabbage family), so they might. Love arugula and starting to develop a taste for mustard.

PNW_D · July 11, 2012

According to this site arugula will not cross with other members of the cabbage family (page 17)

http://www.americanseedalliance.org/...ving_guide.pdf

July 10, 2012	#1
halleone Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Walla Walla, Washington Posts: 360	Arugula x chinese mustard Does anyone know if arugula will cross with chinese mustard? I would like to save seed from both of these (having finally found a mustard I like and a new arugula), but they are growing about 3 beds apart from each other, and I have lots of pollinators out and about.

July 11, 2012	#3
PNW_D Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: West Coast, Canada Posts: 961	According to this site arugula will not cross with other members of the cabbage family (page 17) http://www.americanseedalliance.org/...ving_guide.pdf __________________ D.

July 11, 2012	#2
BarbJ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: California, USA Posts: 154	Don't know for sure, but they are both in the same family, cruciferous (aka, cabbage family), so they might. Love arugula and starting to develop a taste for mustard.