Kind of cabbage like, but maybe even better. I had it in a vegetable stir fry. I am wondering if it is easier to grow than cabbage. Not sure if I should start it inside for zone 5. I did both with kale. By planting seeds outside it took longer to get kale. Spinach I started from seed outide. Cabbage started inside and planted out was a disaster this year, but have a few for fall. I started them in June inside and then planted out last part of July or Aug. 1, can't remember.TheSeedObsesser said:
. The 1st sowing is under the plastic tunnel and I've also done the out of the greenhouse routine for transplants. The last sowing is about August 15th but I'm putting some in my greenhouse bed for the fall/winter this year to see how that works.
My spring planting didn't do well at all. I direct sowed it and I guess it just got too hot here too fast. I should have started it indoors in late winter. Now the fall crop was a whole other story. I direct sowed those in mid-July and they went bonkers. Unless you want to eat bok choy for days on end, you're going to want to sow a little bit in succession like Steve said. I've had to give some away. But at least it stays yummy and tender for a very long time in this weather. We're still eating it anyway. Boy, you just feel healthy after having a big ol' mess of it for dinner. I'd say it is easier to grow than regular cabbage because it matures so quickly there's not much time for pests to wear it out like those caterpillars do, chewing up a head of regular cabbage like swiss cheese if you don't get the BT right after them. I didn't have to spray anything on the bok choy.
