Planting pak choi - how it works
Pak Choi can be planted with seeds or early plantlets from the nursery. The vegetable is also called mustard cabbage and originally comes from China and Japan. With a little gardening skill, the Pak Choi also thrives here.
This is how Pak Choi can be planted
Pak Choi is a leafy vegetable and looks reminiscent of Swiss chard. It has meaty stems and can be enjoyed raw as a salad or fried. You can easily plant the vegetables yourself.
- You can sow pak choi directly in the field or in a cold frame. Alternatively, you can prefer the plant in the apartment and then put it in the bed.
- Do not plant Pak Choi until the temperatures are moderate. Early August is the best time.
- The optimal germ temperature is 15 to 22 degrees. If it is warmer or colder, the plants start to shoot and do not grow as desired.
- Choose a sunny or partially shaded place to plant Pak Choi. The soil should be nutrient-rich and loose.
- If you sow pak choi directly in the field, prepare a bed. Sow the seeds evenly. Cover the seeds with soil about two centimeters.
- If you want to prefer plantlets, sow individual seeds in growing pots. The vegetables appear after two to three weeks. Put the plants in the open when they have the first correct pair of leaves. The distance between the individual plants should be 30 centimeters on all sides.
How to care for Pak Choi plants
Pak Choi does not need much maintenance and is ready to harvest just four weeks after sowing.
- Water Pak Choi regularly. Make sure that there is no waterlogging.
- Pak Choi doesn't need any extra fertilizer. He is satisfied with the nutrients from the soil.
- The vegetables belong to the cruciferous vegetables and should therefore only be grown again at the same location after three years at the earliest.
- Salad, leeks and carrots are good neighbors for Pak Choi. Other types of cabbage should not be in the immediate vicinity.
Have you harvested a lot of Pak Choi and want to freeze some of it? Then you should definitely read the next post. In it we give tips on how to properly freeze Pak Choi.