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Growing Chinese Cabbage

Botanical name: Brassica rapa

Growing Chinese Cabbage Organic Gardening Fact Sheet

Seed

 

Chinese Cabbage

Planting time: SP,FA
Seeds per ounce: 9000
Ounces per square foot: 0.0001
Minimum legal germination rate: 75%
Germination type:

Short Germinating seeds

 

Notes
Chinese Cabbage (Pak Choi) has a smooth, dark green foliage on top of pure white stalks, firm and crisp to the bite. The flavor is quite mild, tender, and succulent.

Chinese cabbage is a cool season annual vegetable, and is quick maturing.

 

 

Planting

     
In garden spacing (inches): 10  
In flat spacing (inches): 1  
Planting depth (inches): cover seed with soil
Maxiumum number of plants per square foot: 2
Nutrient relationship: Heavy Feeder
   

Harvest

 

Days to maturity: 49-77
Harvesting period (days): --
Minimum yields in pounds /square foot: 1
   
     

Cultural

Diseases:

Pythium Damping-Off - This disease commonly affects seeds and young transplants and is caused by the soil-borne fungus.

Downy Mildew - This disease is caused by the fungus Peronospora parasitica and can attack both seedlings and mature vegetable plants.

Alternaria Leaf Spot - This disease is caused by the fungus, Alternaria species, and occurs during warm, moist conditions.

Black Rot - Black rot is caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas campestris pathovar campestris, and can affect all vegetables in the crucifer family.

Black Leg - The fungus, Phoma lingam, causes black leg.

Wirestem - The fungus, Rhizoctonia solani, causes wirestem.

Fusarium Yellows - Yellows or wilt is a much less important disease today due to the development of varieties resistant to the disease.

Viruses - There are several common viruses that can affect cole crops including Turnip mosaic virus and Cauliflower mosaic virus..

Insect pests:(Insect Pest Finder) Army Cutworm, Bean Aphid, Cabbage Curculio, Cabbage Looper, Cabbage Maggot, Cutworm, Flea Beetle, Garden Centipede, Green Peach Aphid, Pea Aphid, Spotted Cucumber Beetle
   

Varieties for Growing Chinese Cabbage

There are many kinds of Chinese Cabbages which are grouped by size, shape, heading and non-heading. Here's a GREAT Chinese Cabbage site I found with more varieties than can be counted.

'Dwarf Choy Sum' - Short White Stalk. Can be harvested anytime during growth. Excellent for stir-fry.
'Extra Dwarf Choy Sum' - Unique baby Choy Sum. Easy to grow.

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