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michael mpc
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hi all over the years I have tried to grow a few Chinese veg.. I was thinking about Chinese cabbage as my good lady makes a mean curry I have just watched hairy bikers and he used it will go out on sunday to g/c to get some as it looks a bit expensive in cattaloge?
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Lots of different kinds of Chinses cabbage and also Japanese and Vietnamese leaves. For thinks like pak choi the advice is often to sow late in mid-summer as it will be less prone to bolting but if you can grow it out of full sun earlier sowings should be fine. There are also interesting Chinses broccolis to try - finer stems and heads than the big headed ones. For later on in the year, purple sprouting broccoli is very good in oriental dishes but has a longer growing season than the leafy veg so it's down to space, times and experimenting really..
Oriental leafy veg definitely benefit from being sown after the longest day - I tried Pak Choy several times without success - they just bolted. Then after researching online I made a sowing in July - success!
I like some of the leafy mustards too - especially the red leaved ones - they look good in the garden as well as being great in a salad or stirfry.
Of course, if any of them do bolt, you can still use the chopped up stem and flowers in a stirfry - very tasty
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
thanks obelixx//phillippa smith2 thanks for advice tried pac choi /have tried Japanese I was looking at kale also might buy plugs of a few of them and let you all know thanks for tips michael
hi again just looked on marshalls a mixed pack of3 about £5 will try dobies and a couple more before I buy it says I have plenty time
thanks to both d/f a and philipper will soon make my mind up the big red raddish looks good easy to clean to eat raw