Pak Choi

[wayneyquo]

Has anyone had any experience growing Pak Choi?

I'm thinking about setting some from the free seeds with this months issue. Not sure what to do with it though. Are there loads of ways to use it and is it easy. That's the main thing with me lol.

[Feral007]

Love pak choi and bok choi and any other choi's! Our first lot are going great now, and I've been lopping them off merrily. I was just taking the outer leaves like I do with lettuce, but it wasn't working well so I just cut off a whole bunch last time and left the root in the ground. They are meant to shoot off again so thought I'd try it and see.

As for using it. We have been gently frying it in sesame oil, then putting it on the plate and adding a dash of soy sauce. Chinese restuarants often use oyster sauce which I like but the kids don't much. It's lovely with anything much. We've had it with satay chicken, with fried rice, korma curry.

Just don't let them get too big, because those lovely smooth white stems are a bit chewy, so cut the bunch when it's still fairly small. Just grow lots so you've always got more

[Veggiefirsttimer]

We've grown pak choi, it's our favourite veg after broccoli! We've just harvested out first batch!

We cut ours in half length ways and wilt down in a pan with soy, garlic and ginger. It's delicious! Or add to stir fries! Dad eats them raw in salads with chopped sugar snap peas, but we haven't tried that yet!

They're so easy to grow but our purple ones bolted in the heat last week, not sure why?

[wayneyquo]

Thanks, That will be a great help

[wayneyquo]

Fantastic thanks

[chefgage]

We've grown pak choi, it's our favourite veg after broccoli! We've just harvested out first batch!

We cut ours in half length ways and wilt down in a pan with soy, garlic and ginger. It's delicious! Or add to stir fries! Dad eats them raw in salads with chopped sugar snap peas, but we haven't tried that yet!

They're so easy to grow but our purple ones bolted in the heat last week, not sure why?

All my pak choi either bolted or died last year

[The Allotment Shed]

Pak choi does bolt very easily if the weather is all over the show. Try to keep well watered and not in full sun in my experience seems to help.

Good luck

[chris]

It's because it's a cool weather crop. Sowing it now will cause it to bolt, wait at least a month... or pick it young if sowing now.

[Feral007]

It's winter here and the bok choi is loving it! Def sow for winter.

[Jono]

Pak choi doesn't like the heat. I normally sow mine in July so that its growing when the days are getting shorter.

I love it. We mostly stiry fry. The stems are nice if not left to get too big and tough.

Definitely recommend giving it a go. Its quite hardy too, and will sit in the ground into the winter.

Got a greenhouse for the first time this year, so might see if I can grow some in there in Autumn.

[Tripmeup]

Me and Pak Choi...

Grows well and I think "nearly ready to harvest, must pick some"..
Turn my back for a few mins and there, it has gone and bolted again
..regradless of when I plant it...