Bok Choy or pechay (Brassica rapa)
Some of pechay made their way to kitchen today.
Exactly one month from the time of sowing, the bok-choy in my garden is ready for harvesting. If there is such thing as "fast food" in the garden, bok choy (a.k.a. pechay) is one of them.
Bok Choy is a very common vegetable in the South East Asian countries. It is one of the most common vegetables grown in backyard gardens. I grew up eating a lot of them. :) For some reason (nostalgia) I seem to always buy a packet of seeds every year and sometimes I also forget to plant them. I remember the first time I tried to plant this in my California garden. It was summer and I was pleased to see the young plants emerge so quickly. However, shortly after they put on their first pair of true-leaves they "bolted" (flower). Bok Choy is a long-day plant - a lesson I had to learn.
As of today the daylength in California is 14 hrs and 33 minutes. So far no sign of bolting has been observed. I wonder what the critical day length is for bok choy.
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