How to grow Chinese cabbage growing and care:
Cold weather or else become bitter, slightly acid, heavy soil
What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seed
Is it necessary or use vegetative reproduction in Chinese cabbage?
No
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Sensitive to heat
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?
0.1-1 m, 4-40 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
Subspecies
Napa cabbage – green – bright green to white in the top, the shape close like Arabic lettuce
Bok choy – dark green in the top, white in the bottom the bottom is woodier
Choy sum – green leaves ovate shape grow on 5-10 cm stem
Baby pak choi – look like Bok choy but instead of white in the bottom it green, bottom the bottom is woodier
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:
Leaves color can be: (Napa cabbage) green – bright green to white in the top, (Bok choy) dark green in the top, white in the bottom, (Choy sum) green leaves ovate shape grow on 5-10 cm stem, (Baby pak choi)look like Bok choy but instead of white in the bottom it green
Uses of Chinese cabbage leaves:
Salad, eat raw, cooked, stir fry, staffed
Scientific name:
Brassica rapa
Categories
Blooming Seasons | - Spring flowers
- Summer flowers
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Edible Parts | |
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Culinary uses | - Cooked
- Eaten raw
- Leafy vegetables
- Salad
- Stuffed or Wrapped
- Vegetables
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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 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 11
- Hardiness zone 2
- Hardiness zone 3
- Hardiness zone 4
- Hardiness zone 5
- Hardiness zone 6
- Hardiness zone 7
- Hardiness zone 8
- Hardiness zone 9
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