Cabbage pack-choy

When the basic methods of agriculture have already been fully mastered, it is time to experiment. So, many farmers are eager to settle in their own area on the site of new exotic species of plants or grow long known by unusual technology. For the first steps in this field, we recommend taking the plant, although exotic, but rather unpretentious - leafy Chinese cabbage pack-choy.

Why is it worth growing Pak-Choi?

Its development of the world expanse leafy cabbage pack-choy began in China, then moved to Japan and other countries of the East. Relatively recently all the charm of this storehouse of vitamins and trace elements was appreciated by the inhabitants of the Western world. What is so good about this cabbage? First, its extreme simplicity - cabbage pack-choy can not only survive, but also yield excellent yields on almost any soil, in conditions of extremely low watering and with significant temperature changes. Secondly, high content of various kinds of utility: ascorbic acid, fiber , vitamins A, K, B, lysine, iron, potassium and magnesium. Thanks to this whole set, Chinese cabbage is ideal for those who want to quickly lose weight, and for those who want to establish digestion. The third important advantage of Pak-Choi can be called its early ripeness - from the appearance of the first sprouts to the removal of the harvest, it is necessary to wait for only 30-35 days.

Packed cabbage pack-choi

Pak-choi, although a very close relative of the cabbage that is customary to everyone, looks completely different from it: it does not form a head, but grows in small bushes, resembling a large-leaved salad. There are three main types of this culture, differing from each other in the color of leaves and petioles:

• "Joi Choi" - has bright white petioles and dark green leaves;
• "Shanghai Green" - both leaves and petioles are painted in a light green color;
• "Red Choi" - green petioles and red-violet leaves.

Depending on the specific variety, the Pak-cho can be as short (about 10 cm in height) and stretched to half a meter. Today, more than one and a half dozen varieties of Chinese cabbage are on sale, the most popular of which are the following:

• "Prima";
• "Richie";
• Gipro;
• "Alyonushka";
• "Vesnyanka";
• "Swallow";
• Lebedushka;
• "Four seasons";
• "Yuna";
• "The Beauty of the East";
• "China Crunch";
• "China Express."

Cultivation of Chinese cabbage pak-choi

There are several ways to cultivate Chinese cabbage in the conditions of the domestic climate. When the first seeds are sown at the end of March in the seedling boxes, and after the establishment of heat, the seedlings are transplanted to a permanent place of residence in the open ground. This way you can get a very early crop of fresh cabbage greens. But this method has a significant disadvantage - the transplantation does not always go smoothly and some of the seedlings die. More efficient is the sowing of seeds directly into the open ground. It is best to plant Pak-choi in late April-early May, when the most favorable conditions develop for the germination of seeds. Secondarily you can sow pack-cho in August. So you can get lush greens. From the planted cabbage in the periods of a long light day, pack-good leaves do not have to wait - it will very quickly go off into the archery. Immediately after sowing, the bed with cabbage should be sprinkled with wood ash to save from damage with a cruciferous flea and cover with polyethylene film. The seedbed for sowing cabbage starts to be prepared in the fall, adding organic fertilizers, superphosphate and lime during digging.