How to grow Bok choy 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:
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?
10-40 cm, 4-16 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:
Mostly unless need the seed there is no need to wait for the blossom
Pollination is done by:
Bees
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:
Dark green in the top, white in the bottom
Uses of Bok choy leaves:
Salad, eat raw, cooked, stir fry, staffed
Scientific name:
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
Categories of growing
Planting Season: Autumn Planting, Spring Planting
Light exposure requirements: Full sun Plants, Part shade Plants
Climates that the plant can grow: Mediterranean Climate, Subtropics Climate, Temperate Climate
Growing speed of the plant: Average growing plants, Fast growing plants
Plant life-form: Annual plant, Leaf plant
Plant Uses: Edible plants
Requirements for watering the plant: Big amount of water, Regularly water
Hardiness zones: Hardiness zone 10, Hardiness zone 2, Hardiness zone 3, Hardiness zone 4, Hardiness zone 5, Hardiness zone 6, Hardiness zone 7, Hardiness zone 8, Hardiness zone 9
Ornamental parts:
Leaf color:
Blooming season: Spring flowers, Summer flowers
Flower colors: Yellow flower
Harvest Season: Autumn Harvest, Spring Harvest, Summer Harvest, Winter harvest
Edible Parts: Edible leaves
Culinary uses: Cooked, Eaten raw, Leafy vegetables, Salad