Choi-san: Very popular for Chinese cuisine. Harvest a whole plant when bolting. Oblong leaves are erect and thick with slender petioles
Cantonese pak choy, Chinese flowering cabbage, Chinese soup green, edible rape, flowering Chinese cabbage, flowering pak choy, mock pak choy, yellow flower choy sum.
Other names for this Asian vegetable...
China: hon tsai tai, hong tsoi sum, hong cai tai, yu choy, zi cai tai, cai tai, cai tsai, cai xin, choy sum, pak tsoi sum, pei choy sum, tsai hsin, tsoi sum, yintsai sum, you cai, yu choy, yu choy sum, yui tsai
Japan: beninabana, kosaitai, saishin
Korea: yuchaeip
Malaysia: sawi bunga, sawi manis
Thailand: pakaukeo, pakauyai
Vietnam: cai ngot, zaub ceg ntev
Type |
Cabbage |
Family |
Cabbage Family |
Temperature Soil |
55-75F |
Temperature Daytime |
55-70F |
Temperature Evening |
35F+ |
Lighting |
Full, 4-6 Hours / Day |
Water |
Steady, 6 Gallons / Week |
Maturity |
Long, 60-120 Days Harvest |
PH Neutral |
6.5-6.8 |
Zones |
1A-9B |
Plant Placement |
6 Plants, 3 Per Row |