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Chinese Cabbage

Brassica rapa (pekinensis) WD
Also known as napa cabbage (EN) bok choy (EN)

How to sow chinese cabbage: Direct seed indoors or outside

Sun requirement for chinese cabbage: Plant in Full Sun

Chinese Cabbage is a species in the Brassicaceae family with two distinct subgroups: 1) the Pekinensis group, or Napa Cabbage and 2) the Chinensis group, or Bok choy. Both groups are cultivars or subspecies of the turnip and are related to cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. Both groups are cool weather crops - more information for each is available in their individual entries.

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Chinese cabbage facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less
12 weeks median lifespan
First harvest expected 190 weeks after planting

Grown for

whole plant harvested 2 times

How members grow chinese cabbages

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Varieties of chinese cabbage

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bok choy

Brassica rapa chinensis
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Chi Hi Li Chinese cabbage

Brassica rapa
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Henry's Chinese cabbage

Brassica rapa

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Chinese cabbage plantings

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Chinese cabbage
Chinese cabbage
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Baby Bok Choys
Baby Bok Choys
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Seedlings
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Chinese cabbage harvests

Bok Choy
Bok Choy
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2020-09-27 18.52.25
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Chinese cabbage seeds

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Time to harvest

If sown now, expect a first harvest in about 1330 days.

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