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(Best months for planting Pak Choy in United Kingdom - cool/temperate regions)

P = Sow direct in garden where they are to grow.

• Easy to grow.
• Harvest in 6-11 weeks.
• Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed.
• Best planted at soil temperatures between 21°C and 30°C.
• Space plants: 30-40cm

Similar to Chinese cabbage but the leaves are smoother and the stalks are longer and thicker. Grows quickly and will also go to seed quickly in hot weather. Best grown in cooler months.

Needs plenty of water.

Culinary hints - cooking and eating Pak Choy

You can treat Pak Choy as "cut and come again " or use the whole plant in one go, whichever suits your needs.

Your comments and tips

01 Jul 10 anthony (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I would like to know in datail of Pak choi. I need the information for reference my thesis. Please suggest to me. website? or something Please................... anthony_wonbin@hotmail.com

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17 Jun 10 Andrew (Australia - temperate climate)

Mine is eaten very badly, half of some leaves are eaten away and the small plants have not got a chance to grow at all.

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15 Jun 10 Diana Adelaide (Australia - temperate climate)

In between pak choys , I plant coriander to confuse or deter those white flies or white butterflies. Pak choi grow very fast and shaded coriander which love it.

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10 Jun 10 Bill44 (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

White fly and white butterfly's in general can be discouraged by growing sage throughout your garden, even better is marigolds but they tend to self seed and go everywhere. We started growing sage mixed in with everything else on the advice of the local nursery after losing a whole basil bush overnight to small white fly grubs.

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05 Jun 10 (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

The pak choi with all the holes in the leaves are most likley the white butterfly. They have been in plague proportions this year, the cold weather should see them go.

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04 Jun 10 Mike (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)

My pak choi has lots of Tony holes in its leaves - what could be doing that?

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03 Jun 10 Prasadi (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)

i have planted pak choy and they growing very well however they have yellow flowers on them . is this natural or something wrong?

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08 Jun 10 CC (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

Pak Choy usually go to seed whenever there is a seasonal change or sudden change in temperature. It can happen when the weather turns hot from cold or cold from hot, or just a few colder days during spring or summer.

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04 Jun 10 Chris@Gardenate (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Hi Prasadi, it means that you have let them grow a bit too long, and they might be a bit tough or strong flavoured. Usually you would pick pak choy before any flowers open. You can still try eating it - it might be ok.

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22 Oct 09 rob smith (Australia - temperate climate)

i have planted pak choy from a punnett two weeks ago and they growing very well however they have yellow flowers on them . is this natural or have i done something wrong?

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