This year, as well as growing the micro dwarf Hedou Bok Choy, I grew a baby bok choy and recorded its days from planting a seed until harvest. These baby bok choy plants still grew incredibly fast, and they produced a more substantial plant than Hedou.
I like the look of bok choy, I don't know why but there is something about it that just looks right. Bok choy is very fast growing, extremely nutritious, simple to grow, incredibly forgiving of harsh conditions or poor soil, yet it is not really grown or eaten very much here. It is sold in supermarkets, so maybe things are starting to change.
Bok choy seems to cope well with cold weather when little else will grow. This bok choy has survived frozen soil and temperatures down to -8C with only minor damage. Being compact plants you can plant a lot in a small space, and planting new seeds every few weeks guarantees a long harvest.
Bok Choy could be harvested at a tiny plant stage, or larger plant stage so I recorded both dates. Being in Australia, all dates are written Day/Month/Year.
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| Baby Bok Choy - larger plants |
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| Baby Bok Choy - tiny plants are edible |
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