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Direct sowing Pak Choi Zone 7B
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Posted by opal52 z7 GA (My Page) on Thu, Aug 30, 07 at 9:00
| Anyone with experience sowing Pak Choi seeds directly to garden soil in zone 7B? I plan to try Pak Choi for the first time this fall. Instructions on seed package say to start indoors and transplant established seedling, for both spring and fall crops. It makes sense for spring. The plant is supposed to be mature in 30 days. Why is transplanting an established seedling required in fall over sowing seeds into garden soil? |
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RE: Direct sowing Pak Choi Zone 7B
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| Direct seeding is fine for Pak Choi. It grows as easily as radishes. The only advantage I see to transplants is that you can get a more uniform planting -- no skips or uneven spacing. Jim |
RE: Direct sowing Pak Choi Zone 7B
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| I ran into this exact issue as well. I direct seeded about 100 bok choy a week and a half ago and only 1 came up after a week. I started about 20 indoors with damn near 100 percent germination in less than 3 days! I think the reason they want you to start them indoors in the fall is because one, its too hot outside for germination and two, growing in late august and early sept is to hot as well. I plan to set some out in succession to see how they do. I live in texas and am tired of all these hot days. I want to get my fall garden in the ground. hope this helps |
RE: Direct sowing Pak Choi Zone 7B
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| Maintaining consistent temperature and moisture in that top layer of soil can be challenging, depending on the weather. Floating row cover over a direct seeded crop will improve conditions for germination. Jim |
RE: Direct sowing Pak Choi Zone 7B
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| I direct-seed both in the Spring and about now. In fact, bok choy planted about 2 weeks ago is up and will soon need transplanting to give the plants more room. Not 7B but high temperatures are mostly in the 80's and 90's since sowing. Steve |
RE: Direct sowing Pak Choi Zone 7B
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| Thanks everyone for comments and help. We just ended a heat wave where half of August temps were over 100 degrees, plus we are in extreme drought conditions. But I'm trying for a fall garden anyway :~). Based on experiences related here, I'll start some seeds indoors today for transplanting later this month, and will try direct seeding some at end of September. It should be cool enough by then, and still enough time to reach maturity before frost. Looking forward to seeing how this veg. does in our garden! |
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