water rat Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 has anyone ever had success with pak choi?Its our first effort and they are all bolting at just a couple of inches high.I"ve looked through t'internet and there are scores of posts about it (wished I'd looked before sowing) but numerous ans varied reasons for the problem . We have no trouble growing brassicas here. I blame Bob Flowerdew, it was his idea!W Rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 You should have planyted them on Chinese New year's Day and muttered a Cantonese incantation'Pak choi' translates as 'catch me if you can', by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Wooly, I am pretty sure that you have made that translation up. I think I am right in saying that Pak Choi simply means white vegetable. I suppose it's to do with the stems of the veg being mainly white in colour. If you know different, point me to some evidence![:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Evidence is only needed for those who need convincing. FAITH cherub is what you need.[6] Faith in the great Bananas to get you through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Get me through what exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbiee Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Mine are doing well so far ... fingers crossed. Two of my sprouting broccolli have started to bolt though. Soil is getting too hot for them ... mulching and extra watering can help prevent it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 [quote user="sweet 17"]Get me through what exactly?[/quote]Those moments when you doubt the power of the Banana[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorna Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 What exactly is 'bolting'? You can see I'm not much of a gardener![:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 At a guess, I think it means when it goes to seed. Am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 [quote user="sweet 17"]At a guess, I think it means when it goes to seed. Am I right?[/quote]And heading skywards at great speed.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbiee Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 yes it means going (or bolting to) seed ... getting there much faster than it would in prime growing conditions. My spinach is bolting and it's still tiny ... barely a few leaves per plant and now it's full of seed heads.Plants to it when they are stressed ... most often due to the soil being too hot and irregular watering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 That's the problem newbiee, I've had a few of my CCA's bolting but not all of them because I make up my own mix. Could also be that the plants were put in a bit early, mine going out this/next week together with my other Chinese greens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbiee Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 My pak choi has just bolted too [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 We have a load of pak choi in our shed. Could they be yours? Bit like th gnomes really. We accept American express Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I am so sorry, my brothers appear to have have highjacked a load of veg from people's gardens. I will try to return it. Can you please identify it?Randy Wooly Banana (I am trying to clean up the mess my brothers have created) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 [quote user="Tony F Dordogne"]That's the problem newbiee, I've had a few of my CCA's bolting but not all of them because I make up my own mix. Could also be that the plants were put in a bit early, mine going out this/next week together with my other Chinese greens.[/quote]Tony, please, please explain about your mix and about how to go about planting "other Chinese greens".I adore Chinese greens but don't know the first thing about planting them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 [quote user="newbiee"]Plants to it when they are stressed ... most often due to the soil being too hot and irregular watering.[/quote]But also when they see Ken Hom on TV waving a wok around........................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 [quote user="sweet 17"]Tony, please, please explain about your mix and about how to go about planting "other Chinese greens".I adore Chinese greens but don't know the first thing about planting them?[/quote]Nothing to explain really. I buy seeds for the Chinese/Asian greens from a specialist supplier in the UK, asian Basils, Pak Choi, Mibuna and Minzuna Greens, whatever takes my fancy really, grow some on in godet but always leave it late to put in the main crop so they have less of a tendancy to bolt.Basil is grown in pots and put out in late June/early July because I think it has less tendancy to bolt or to rot off and that seems to work for me.As for the CCA, you just buy the seeds, mix them yourself (very inexact science), put them in and wait for them to grow. One or two run to seed/bolted but in the main, having a good crop, put the seeds in in rotations, 10-14 days apart, three lots and it works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Thank you, Tony. I'm not actually sure (apart from pak choi) what the other greens are and what they look like, so will research on the internet and be sure what I'm buying to begin with.Apart from Blette and cabbage, I haven't really found many green leafy vegetables to buy out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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