Southern Harvest
Quality seeds for kitchen, flower and native gardeners
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Botanical Name
Brassica rapa (pekinensis grp)
An easy to grow green leafed, open head variety of Chinese cabbage with a creamy yellow blanched interior. It has a delicious sweet, tangy, juicy flavour that can be used in stir fries, steamed, pickled or raw. Can be sown over a long period. The best flavours and it is slower to bolt when grown through the cooler months. Heads will store up to 6 weeks in the fridge. 250 seeds.
Sunlight
Full
Frost Resilience
Frost Hardy
Lifespan
Annual
Harvest
60 Days
Climate
Cold
Temperate
GermType
Fast germinating seeds
Germination Period (days)
10
Sow Method
Direct or Transplant
Sowing Instructions
Sow direct or in pots to transplant later. Early plantings may bolt if roots are disturbed or they are exposed to late frosts or a week of sub 10˚C nights. Harvest when heads are ready to prevent bolting.
Transplant Period
3 Weeks
Spacing/Spread
40 cm
Row Space
60 cm
Sowing Periods
Cool Climate Periods
Sep 1st to Mar 31st
Temperate Climate Periods
Sep 1st to Apr 30th
Tropical & Sub-Tropical Climate Periods
Apr 1st to Aug 31st