Vegetables
Heredity: Hybrid

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Water Preferences: Mesic
Uses: Cooked greens
Edible Parts: Leaves
Eating Methods: Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Ca (Calcium)
S (Sulfur)
Mn (Manganese)
Zn (Zinc)
Cu (Copper)
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Needs specific temperature: 75F
Days to germinate: 5-10
Depth to plant seed: 1/4 inch
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Sow indoors 8-10 weeks before last frost. Transplant outdoors when seedlings are under 5 weeks old and it is 1 month before your last frost date. Space 18" apart in rows 24" apart. Harvest in 50-55 days.
Pollinators: Self
Bees

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Common names
  • Chinese Cabbage
  • Bok Choy
  • Pak Choi
  • Celery Mustard
  • Chinese Chard
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
  • Synonym: Brassica rapa var. chinensis

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Location:  Bronx NY
Date: 2017-04-16

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