Choy sum

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