Pak choi
Pak choi: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
Pak choi, also called bok choy, is a leafy vegetable in the brassica family. It forms an upright rosette of broad leaves supported by fleshy petioles, the parts joining each leaf to the base. Its culinary appeal combines tender foliage with juicy, crisp stalks. It does not form the large elongated head of napa or heading Chinese cabbage. It belongs to Brassica rapa, Chinensis Group.The leaves are arranged around a shared base. Their thick lower parts are often called stems in cooking but are chiefly leaf stalks. This architecture creates an upward-opening shape even when the rosette is fairly tight. It explains the difference in texture between the lower part of the plant and the green leaf blades.The most familiar varieties combine green foliage with white or pale-green stalks. Others have purple or red-purple leaves. Size varies too. Some cultivars are compact, while larger types can reach approximately 30 to…
