Sweet mustard greens?

[Sunshine]

So I took an outside leaf off of this little mustard greens plant...and took a bite
It tasted like a granny Smith apple!

Is it normal for young greens to be sweet like that? I planted seeds from a Walmart cheap packet of seeds.

Here are the sweet young things.

I have them planted in an old wheel barrow. Not sure if that would have anything to do with it.

 

[Sunshine]

That white stuff is sand...Everytime we have a storm it ends up in there. But when I scooped it out it looks and feels just like Grain's of sand...i thinm it's coming off the barn roof but don't know how it got up there.

 

[Sunshine]

So do I just have weird greens? Or maybe my taste buds are drunk? Lol.

I certainly didn't expect to taste sweet when I was anticipating the bite of a fresh peppery mustard green.

 

[Dani]

Sorry I'm no help. I've only had peppery mustard. I saw this post yesterday but was hoping someone could shed some light. If I knew how to make them taste like granny Smith's I could probably get hunny to eat them too .

 

[Peanut]

@Sunshine

Does that barn have an old tin roof? 40 years ago the heads of nails for tin roofs had a thick wad of lead to help seal the nail hole.

Lead tastes sweet. Is rain water from an old tin roof falling onto those greens?

Lead nitrate - decomposing lead

I’m not trying to frighten you, I’m just concerned…

From the net… Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn (from Latin: stannum) and atomic number 50. It is a post-transition metal in group 14 of the periodic table. It is obtained chiefly from the mineral cassiterite, which contains tin dioxide, SnO2. Tin shows a chemical similarity to both of its neighbors in group 14, germanium and lead, and has two main oxidation states...

I’m not a metallurgist for all I know decomposing tin tastes sweet. However, I do know that lead tastes sweet from historical records.

If it was me… I’d take some of that “white sand” down to the local community college and have it tested… and I wouldn’t eat any more greens until I did.

Mustard greens are not sweet, this is not natural. Wishing you the best...

 

[TMT Tactical]

Sunshine, I have never heard of a "Sweet" mustard green. If they were GMO, the whole world would have been informed and a huge marketing campaign would be in full force. If these are genetic mutations, then you will be the proud owner a fortune making plant. OR these plants have an outside source of the "Sweet" taste and you need to determine if this source material is safe for you and your family. JM2C but if it was me, I would want to know if it was safe and going to make me rich or very sick and maybe dead.

 

[Sunshine]

Thanks for the replies. I think the "when in doubt throw it out" rule may apply here.

 

[Sunshine]

The roof is metal...not sure if it's tin. It's about 50 years old.

 

[Sunshine]

And because I have no sense, I tasted it. No flavor.

 

[Sunshine]

But the wheel barrow is old and rusted out... Probably not the best choice to plant in...I didn't really think it through.

I tasted one of the bigger leaves and it wasn't peppery. It was slightly sweet but not as much as before. It still had the mouth feel of biting into a tart apple. I'm planting some of these seeds in my garden to see what happens.

 

[Peanut]

I have two old barns with lead capped nails. The epa outlawed them decades ago. I guess it takes an old geezer like me to be aware of something like that. No reason young folks would be aware of it. Please post back on your new planting.