Vegetable SeedsHSC-GRN-004-PKT
Brassica rapa var. chinensis
50Days to maturity

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Bopak Organic (F1) Green Seed

Item #HSC-GRN-004-PKT

About this variety

A full-size organic white-stem pac choi.

Bopak grows tall, heavy, even heads with white stems and a mild, juicy flavor. It is rated highly resistant to clubroot.

An All-America Selections regional winner for the Northeast, Great Lakes and Mountain/Southwest.

About 50 days from emergence. F1 hybrid, certified organic seed.

Disease Resistance

  • High resistance: club root

Specs

  • Packet: 250 seeds
  • Average 122,900 seeds per lb.

In stock — Packet

Current price $6.80

Know before you sow

Quick Facts

Seed size & germination
Seed size (10 mm scale) and germination soil temperature chart for pac choi

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Sow cool

Early spring to midsummer, or fall in the South; avoid chilling young seedlings.

Transplant young

Start 2–4 weeks ahead in cell trays; plant out before roots crowd.

Cover at sowing

Row cover keeps flea beetles off the leaves.

Cut before bolting

Harvest heads at mini or full size before stalks form.

Growing Information

Scientific name

Brassica rapa var. chinensis

Season

Pac choi is a cool-weather green. Sow from early spring into midsummer; in the South it does best as a fall crop, and in colder regions late sowings can go into a high tunnel or other cover. Young seedlings exposed to nights under 50°F (10°C), especially several in a row, may bolt early; older plants are not triggered by cold the same way.

Days to maturity

Counted from emergence after direct sowing.

Transplanting

Start in 72- or 128-cell trays 2–4 weeks ahead and set plants out while they are still young and growing freely. Seedlings left too long in the tray, or stressed by drought, are more likely to bolt.

Direct sowing

Drop about 15 seeds per foot, 1/4" deep, with 12–18" between rows, then thin to the spacing given for each variety. For baby-leaf crops, see the variety description.

Seeding rate

For full-size bunching at that spacing: roughly 1 oz. per 830 ft. and 1 lb. per 13,000 ft.

Insect pests

Put floating row cover over the bed the day you sow to keep flea beetles off.

Harvest

Cut whole heads at mini or full size, before any flower stalks appear.

Packet

250 seeds.

Seeds per lb.

About 122,900 on average.

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