Chinese Cabbage 'Wong Bok' Seeds

Overview

Chinese Cabbage 'Wong Bok' is a versatile vegetable as it adds crunch to salads especially coleslaw, flavour to sir fries and is a useful steamed veg. It has a milder, sweeter flavour then the more usual cabbage.

Chinese Cabbage 'Wong Bok' has barrel shaped heads with pale green crinkled leaves with a white mid-rib and each head weighs approx. 2kg. It keeps well at 1°C for 2-3 weeks after harvesting.

Chinese cabbage is part of the brassica family but is easier to grow than most and matures quickly - ready to harvest in 8-10 weeks. It won't perform well on poor soil so ensure plenty of organic matter is incorporated well before sowing seed and like most brassicas it likes a nice firm soil. It is shallow rooting so will need watering little & often which helps prevent bolting.

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Seed qty (approx)	100
Sowing months	June, July
Site conditions	Fertile, well-drained & firm soil.
How to sow	Make a drill 2cm deep & lightly water. Station sow 2-3 seeds at 30cm intervals in rows 30cm apart. Thin out weakest seedlings to leave 1 per station.
Care	The heads may need tying lightly with raffia in August to keep the leaves together. Added protection from slugs & cabbage white butterfly may be required. Water little & often to help prevent bolting.
Harvest	8-10 weeks from sowing - as soon as head feels firm.
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