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Chinese Cabbage
About This Plant...
Family:
Brassicaceae
Genus and species:
Brassica rapa (Pekinensis group)
Growing Season:
spring and fall
Indoor Sowing...
Time needed to reach transplant size:
4-6 weeks
When to transplant to garden:
4 to 6 weeks before last spring frost date
Outdoor Sowing...
When to sow outdoors:
-
Other Sowing Guidelines...
Approx. germination time:
4-14 days
Germination temp.:
45-95 degrees F.
Sowing depth:
1/4 inch
Days to maturity:
60-90 days from transplant
Transplanting Guidelines...
Spacing between plants:
10-18 inches
Spacing between rows:
18-36 inches
Growing On...
Pests:
imported cabbageworms, cabbage loopers, aphids, flea beetles, cabbage root maggots
Diseases:
clubroot, black rot, downy mildew, white mold
Harvest:
when leaves are 10 inches tall and still loose
Growing tips:
best planted as a fall crop, since plants tend to bolt when weather turns warm
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