Cabbage 'Red Choi'
Cabbage 'Red Choi' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
A disease resistant, open, leafy vegetable. It has very attractive, deep green leaves with maroon veins which develop into striking maroon leaves with light green undersides. It is useful as a quick fill-in. Harvest the thinnings for salads and use as a steamed green or in stirfries. This is an F1 hybrid so is not suitable for seed saving.
Product: Cabbage 'Red Choi'
Product type: SEED (100)
Botanical name: Brassica rapa Pekinensis Group
Red Choi' syn. Red Bok Choy is a disease resistant, open, leafy vegetable. Deep green leaves with maroon veins develop into striking maroon leaves with light green undersides. Tender and delicious, it is useful as a quick fill-in. Harvest the thinnings for salads and use as a steamed green or in stirfries. Please note this seed is an F1 hybrid and so is not suitable for seed saving.
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: 45 days: begin harvest when plants are 20 cm tall
Suitable for hot and humid: Suitable for hot and humid growing conditions
100 seeds per packet
Brassica rapa Pekinensis Group
Annual cool season crop; frost tolerant
Cabbage 'Red Choi'
A disease resistant, open, leafy vegetable. It has very attractive, deep green leaves with maroon veins which develop into striking maroon leaves with light green undersides. It is useful as a quick fill-in. Harvest the thinnings for salads and use as a steamed green or in stirfries. This is an F1 hybrid so is not suitable for seed saving.