Cabbage 'Bok Choy'
Cabbage 'Bok Choy' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
A fast growing, disease resistant, open, leafy vegetable with long, white stalks. Useful as a quick fill-in, harvest the thinnings for salads; use for steamed greens and stirfries.
Product: Cabbage 'Bok Choy'
Product type: SEED (150)
Botanical name: Brassica rapa Pekinensis Group
Syn. pak choi, paak tsoi is a fast growing, disease resistant, green vegetable. It has an open, leafy appearance with long, thick, white stems and glossy, green leaves. It is useful as a quick fill-in. Harvest the thinnings for salads and use as a steamed green or in stirfries.
Plant type: Annual cool season crop; frost tolerant
Plant height: 30 cm
Sow when: Germinate best at 15 - 24°C
Temperate: Early spring to early autumn
Subtropical: Late autumn to early winter
Tropical: Dry season
Germination: 7 days
Depth: 10 mm deep
Position: Full Sun
Sow where: Sow directly where it is to grow
Soil type: Fertile, well drained, pH 6 - 7.5; heavy feeder; prepare soil by digging well-rotted compost or animal manure into the bed
Rows: 30 cm apart
Details: Keep soil moist
Harvest: 25 days baby leaf, 50 days full size
Suitable for hot and humid: Suitable for hot and humid growing conditions