What's happened to my Chinese Cabbage?

[Bigmallly]

What's happened to my Chinese Cabbage & what should I do?...........I have around another dozen that have also flowered. I enclosed the seed packet from which they came. Any advice as usual would be appreciated.

[Two_Sheds]

all my chinese veg has bolted too: it does better from a late summer sowing, for cropping in autumn

[Jeanied]

It noticed you weren't around and it jumped to conclusions, Bigmallly - like the rest of us on the vine!

[DarkCrow]

It noticed you weren't around and it jumped to conclusions, Bigmallly - like the rest of us on the vine!

How was your hols Bigmally? and could someone please explane what "bolted" means i keep expecting my crop to jump the fence and go racing off in to the sunset Sorry Jeanied Quoted the wrong erm quote!

[Bigmallly]

Thanks for the replies............I'll take on board the summer sowings but what do I do with these?........are they worth lifting & cooking or freezing or are they only fit for the compost heap?............Thanks

[Bramble_killer]

the outer leaves will be ok to eat but cooked in a stir fry. I was told to sow most of the stuff like pak choi, kai laan and chinese cabbage after the longest day.

[Jeanied]

Bolting means it has started to flower early, before forming a useful veg, Dark Crow.

[DarkCrow]

Bolting means it has started to flower early, before forming a useful veg, Dark Crow.

thanks Jeanied

[binley100]

Hey BM did you get your seed from Lidl it looks the same as my packet You have to ignore their instructions and not sow before july (according to my charlesdowding bible )

[oldie]

Look on the real seeds web site. They have a useful guide for sowing oriental type veg.

[solway cropper]

I thought this year I was going to get pak choi that looked like the pictures in the seed catalogues. All was going great until the recent hot weather then it all bolted. Tried some steamed with the meal last night and it was tough and stringy so I'll be giving the rest to my neighbour for his chooks.

[Bigmallly]

I tried some cooked in butter but was not impressed, it reminded me of spinach which I'm not a lover of anyway..........never mind, I'll get a bed back & theirs always next month.......

[Two_Sheds]

All was going great until the recent hot weather then it all bolted. Tried some steamed with the meal last night and it was tough and stringy

Try it again in the autumn, it's much better

[chris]

yip my chinese leafy stuff all bolted too. Guttd, as it was all bulbing up (pak choi) nicely!

[OllieMartin]

I've got the exact same chinese cabbage planted too. It's only got the first 2 leaves at the moment, I'll let you know how it gets on.