General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Other: frilly wrinkled leaf looks like Bok Choy
Uses: Vegetable
Salad greens
Cooked greens
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Ca (Calcium)
S (Sulfur)
Mn (Manganese)
Zn (Zinc)
Cu (Copper)
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Will not come true from seed
Other info: F1 Hybrid. ~350 seeds/gram
Pollinators: Self
Bees

Common names
  • Chinese Cabbage
  • Napa
  • Michihli
  • Wong Bok
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
  • Synonym: Brassica pekinensis

Comments:
  • Posted by RickCorey (Everett WA 98204 - Zone 8a) on Oct 6, 2012 7:37 PM concerning plant:
    F1 hybrid. Semi-spreading Chinese Cabbage (shakushina).
    Frilly wrinkled leaf looks like Bok Choy.
    35 days to maturity (early).
    ½ pound head (small). Popular in Taiwan. Tender, mild, stir-fry or soup

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