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Chinese Cabbage Seeds - Description
- Chinese Cabbage Seeds
- Variety: Wong Bok
- Seeds Per Pack: 0.2 Grams (Approx. 50 Seeds)
- Bright Green Leaves & White Stalk
- Note: Multiple Orders of Same Seeds are Packed Together Unless Otherwise Stated in Customer Notes During Checkout
Chinese Cabbage Seeds - How to Grow
- Sow: Mid May until June
- Prefers fertile, deep, well drained soil
- Thin: 20cm apart
- Harvest: from September onwards
Chinese Cabbage Seeds - Uses
- Great for cooking, especially stir fry type dishes
Chinese Cabbage Seeds - Advantages
- Chinese cabbage is increasingly popular
- Has a wonderful delicate flavour
- Can be used in a variety of dishes
- Resistant to bolting
Chinese Cabbage Seeds - Notes
- Medium tolerance of downy mildew, leaf spot, alternaria leaf spot and bacterial soft spot
Sowing Time
- Avoid sowing early
- Sow from mid May until June
- Grows well with lots of exposure to the sun
Soil Preparation
- Prefers fertile, deep, well drained soil
- Prepare soil the previous spring, dig to a depth of 30cm, removing at stones and weed roots
- Mix with well rotted compost or manure
- Try to avoid light or heavy soils
- Chinese vegetables prefer soils with a ph range of 6.5 to 7
Sowing Instructions
- Plan the growth cycle so that your plant is ready before the last frost
- Chinese cabbage doesn’t transplant well so plant directly into the garden
- Early crops can be protected by mini garden cloche
- Sow seeds 1cm inch deep, in rows 30 cm apart
- Sow thinly and later thin seedlings to 20 cm apart
- Don’t forget to water frequently, keeping moist at all times (to prevent bolting)
- Apply a light dressing of growmore when heads begin to appear
Harvesting
- Will grow to maturity in roughly 4 months
- Water well the week before harvest
- Harvest in dry weather, before the seed stalks appear
- Cut the heads just above the soil, when the heads feel solid
- Can harvest when young as salad greens
Storage
- Only freeze crisp and young cabbage
- Blanch for 90 seconds, and chill in iced water for 2 minutes
- Keep in freezer bags stored in the freezer
Pests and Diseases
- Problems: Club root and soft rot
- Protection: Lime the soil in the off season and rotate crops with unrelated crops
- Slugs are a major problem - barriers such as eggshells, coarse sand, ash, copper can control problem
- Caterpillars also a problem, set up netting early to keep butterflies off your crops
Here at TheGardenShop.ie we aim to provide a fast, reliable & low cost delivery service
Shipping Options & Rates
- Standard Courier Delivery With Fastway (2-4 Working Days)
- Cost is €4.95 on Orders Below €75
- Free Delivery on Orders Above €75
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- Express Courier Delivery With Fastway (1-2 Working Days)
- Cost is €2.50 extra for express delivery
- This service guarantees that any order placed before 4pm will ship from our depot the same day on the next day delivery service *
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- Express Delivery With DPD (1-2 Working Days)
- Cost is €3 extra
- This service guarantees that any order placed before 4pm will ship from our depot the same day on the next day delivery service *
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- This services comes with text alerts and timed delivery slots which the customer can change to suit themselves
- 'Seed' Postal Delivery Option ***
- Cost is €2 - Packet of Seeds ONLY Orders
- Note: Does Not Apply to Seed Potatoes, Bulbs or Sets ***
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- Great Britain
- Cost is €10
- UK shipping fee covers parcels up to a total weight of 20Kg
- Western Europe
- Note: There is no free delivery for Western Europe Deliveries
Bulk Bags & Large Item Pallet Deliveries
- Bulk bags & large orders are shipped via pallet couriers on a rigid lorry
- Delivery is to kerbside only
- If road access to your site is tight, then please advise us before purchasing
- Please Note: We cannot guarantee next day delivery on pallet deliveries
- Also, we cannot guarantee delivery on a specific day (Please allow 1-3 days for delivery)
- It's always best to order well in advance to avoid disappointment
- Cancellation of pallets when items are already in transit will incur a 40 euro per pallet cancellation fee (To cover return delivery costs)
- Where pallet delivery can not be made due to site access, a 40 euro per pallet cancellation fee will apply (To cover return delivery costs)
International Delivery Prices & Times
- Please note max weights below, heavier orders may require additional payment
- We will contact you to discuss, if max weight of order exceeded
Terms
- The shipping fee is fixed for an order, regardless of the number of items bought
- All courier orders require signed proof of delivery & the customer must be contactable by phone
- We do not offer a weekend delivery service (Mon-Fri Only excl. Bank Holidays)
- * Our courier achieves a 98% success rate on next day deliveries
- ** Seed postal option applies to seed ONLY orders & is available in all 32 counties of Ireland
- *** Does not apply to seed potatoes, bulbs or sets
