Brassica rapa 'Yang Qing Choi'
Pak Choi 'Yang Qing Choi'
A hybrid pak choi that produces dark green leaves with light green midribs and displays very good bolt resistance. Let the plants grow to full size for a one-time harvests, or make continuous harvests under a cut-and-come-again regime.Sow from June to August for outside crops, and in September for overwintering in tunnels and greenhouses. Start the seeds in modular trays, transplanting the seedlings to leave about 20cm between them each way. Pak Choi can be grown as a baby leaf for salads or left to mature with succulent stems for stir-fry. From seed to table in about 5 weeks. It is a plant that grows best in cool weather - prone to bolting in hot weather. Will need protection from slugs! Pak Choi is a thirsty plant and to ensure you grow big, fleshy heads as shown in this picture, water them twice daily.
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Partial shade
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Frequent watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Pak Choi 'Yang Qing Choi'
Latin name
Brassica rapa 'Yang Qing Choi'
type
Vegetable
family
Brassicaceae
ph
5.5 - 6.8 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Frequent watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
0.08 M
0.20 M
Brassica rapa 'Yang Qing Choi'
A hybrid pak choi that produces dark green leaves with light green midribs and displays very good bolt resistance. Let the plants grow to full size for a one-time harvests, or make continuous harvests under a cut-and-come-again regime.Sow from June to August for outside crops, and in September for overwintering in tunnels and greenhouses. Start the seeds in modular trays, transplanting the seedlings to leave about 20cm between them each way. Pak Choi can be grown as a baby leaf for salads or left to mature with succulent stems for stir-fry. From seed to table in about 5 weeks. It is a plant that grows best in cool weather - prone to bolting in hot weather. Will need protection from slugs! Pak Choi is a thirsty plant and to ensure you grow big, fleshy heads as shown in this picture, water them twice daily.
Propagating by seed
From Mid Spring TO Mid Summer
Sow seeds in a good seed compost from early spring to mid-summer. Seeds should germinate in 2 or 3 days if kept moist and covered. For continual cropping, sow seeds at weekly intervals. They will be ready to thin and plant out once the seedlings have produced a second pair of leaves.
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Mid Summer
Seedlings will be ready to plant out once they have a second pair of leaves. Plant them into a rich compost, ideally into a veg trug or into large pots that can easily be protected from slugs. Plant two or three seedlings in each pot or, space them out 8 inches apart in a trug. Leave them in partial shade having watered them well. For continual cropping, plant seedlings at least a week apart through to mid-summer.