Brassica rapa susbp. chinensis

• Fast-growing
• Small heads with tender green leaves
• Excellent flavour

Quick and easy cabbage

Loose rosettes of green leaves with pale stems, used like Chinese cabbage. Short and squat, to only 6" long, Baby Choi has crunchy stems and crinkly broad leaves. Quick and easy to grow in cool weather. Great stir-fried, steamed and sauteed.

Sow in early spring for the first crop, again in midsummer for a fall crop. Sow 20cm apart in rows 61 cm apart and cover with 0.6 cm of fine soil Firm lightly and keep evenly moist. Seedlings emerge 10-21 days.

• Harvest heads when they become firm.
• Cut stems at soil level and remove outer leaves. Smaller heads will develop at base once the central head is harvested.
• Eat the heads raw or cooked.
• Store fall-harvested cabbage for several months if you store them at 40 degrees F in high humidity.