Pak Choi

[the.fee.fairy]

I bouoght some seeds from Seeds Of Italy a while back, and they said i could plant them up to mid-september. So i did.

There's currently a tray in my greenhouse with loads of 1 and 2" seedlings in it.

Can i plant them into the ground? They seem like a bit of frost will kill them.

Are the dates on Seeds of Italy based on italian weather?

And....does anyone know of anywhere i can get some cheap fleece? They had some in the pound shop over the summer...but now its cold, they've put the gardening stuff away

[2steps]

I have some in my garden that's still growning ok but don't know about seedlings. you could plant a few out and see what happens, that way you won't lose the lot. If they die outside you could pot the rest and keep them in

[the.fee.fairy]

do they keep well in pots? are they deep rooted or shallow?

[2steps]

mine has been growing happily all summer in a terracotta pot from b&q. not sure what size it is, it's the cheap one - £1.50 I think

[the.fee.fairy]

cool, ta.

I've got some pots somewhere i'll plant them in them and then keep them in the greenhouse i think.

[digiveg]

I don't think the frost will kill them, but slugs or birds or mice or...or...tigers might. If you have tigers.

[Wombat]

They a re pretty cold tolerant, but having said tha I realise that Aus cold toelrant is drrerent to UK cold tolerant!

Nev

[hedgewizard]

I've got the same problem, and I'm not sure if it's down to heat or light. My feeling is that it's light, and this autumn our sunshine hours have been woeful... so it may just be a bad year for autumn pak choi!

[Wombat]

I don't think the frost will kill them, but slugs or birds or mice or...or...tigers might. If you have tigers.

Only Tasmanian Tigers and even though I don't live in Tassie, I still have it on reasonable authority that they are allergic to Pak Choi!

Nev

[adekun]

Or giant Mantids...



I'm surveying mine at the moment. Transplanted a row a few weeks ago. I think a few different bugs have been eyeing them up. The plants are known as hakusai here.

[the.fee.fairy]

i'm goign to try putting some into pots in the greenhouse, and some under the polytunnel/cloche things on the veg patch.

They're looking like quite string little things, but then so were the winter greens and lettuces til they got out on the veg patch and the slugs found them....

Fingers crossed!