How to grow Choy sum growing and care:
Cold weather or else become bitter, slightly acid, heavy soil
What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seedling / Seed
Is it necessary to use vegetative reproduction?
No
Difficulties or problems when growing:
In warm climate the leaves become bitter
Planting season:
Autumn – winter – frost free area / Autumn, winter, spring – temperate climate
Pests and diseases:
Pieris (butterfly), prodenia (Spodoptera), slugs, aphids
Pruning season:
All season
How to prune:
Dead or infected leaves
Size of the plant?
20-40 cm, 8-16 inches
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing
Water requirement:
Average amount of water / Big amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Cold climate Full Sun /warmer climate Half Shade
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes
Blooming information
Bloom season:
Spring / Summer
General information about the flower
Yellow flowers the flowers small grow on inflorescence
Thinning the bloom:
Possible to thinning but the flower and the stem also edible
Pollination is done by:
Bees, self-pollination
Edible leaves
Leaves harvesting season
In cold area winter-spring-summer in frost free autumn-winter-spring
How to harvest the leaves?
Two possibilities to trim the leaf separate or trim all the leaves of the plant in the same time
Information about leaves:
Green leaves ovate shape grow on 5-10 cm stem
Uses of Choy sum leaves:
Salad, eat raw, cooked, stir fry, staffed
Scientific name:
Brassica rapa var. parachinensis
Categories
Blooming Seasons |
- Spring flowers
- Summer flowers
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Edible Parts |
- Edible Bud
- Edible flowers
- Edible leaves
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Culinary uses |
- Cooked
- Eaten raw
- Leafy vegetables
- Salad
- Stuffed or Wrapped
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Flower colors |
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Climate |
- Mediterranean Climate
- Subtropics Climate
- Temperate Climate
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Harvest Season |
- Autumn Harvest
- Spring Harvest
- Summer Harvest
- Winter harvest
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Plant growing speed |
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Plant life-form |
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Plant Uses |
- Colored leaves
- Edible plants
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Planting Season |
- Autumn Planting
- Spring Planting
- Winter planting
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Plants sun exposure |
- Full sun Plants
- Part shade Plants
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Watering plants |
- Big amount of water
- Regularly water
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Hardiness zone |
- Hardiness zone 10
- Hardiness zone 2
- Hardiness zone 3
- Hardiness zone 4
- Hardiness zone 6
- Hardiness zone 7
- Hardiness zone 8
- Hardiness zone 9
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