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Saturday 31 December 2011 The best variety of pak choi that we've found is hybrid joi choi sold by Kitazawa Seeds. This variety seems to hold back the inevitable bolting just long enough to produce nice, thick white stems and dark green leaves. You have to pick these mightly quick, though. Timing is everything. Let these plants go even a week longer than you should and the stem becomes enlongated and the flowers start to emerge. Still, it's better than all of its brethren who go to bolt straight from seedling. Summer 2011 So I methodically experimented and kept notes. The disappointments are legion. Maybe next year I'll cover up the plants with a sheet or something to block the light, but I wasn't that organized this year. As usual, the Hybrid Joi Choi grew really well, and everything else bolted immediately or turned into a spindly stalk with yellow flowers at the top. The failures were: • Red Choi • Green Pak Choi • Win Win Choi • Toy Choi • Me Qing Choi |
Isa with a beautiful joi choi. August 2011. 
Fresh picked from the garden. July 2010. 
Joi choi emerges quickly. July 2004. 
We take the pak choi, wash it off, and freeze it for use in soups and stews throughout the winter. July 2004. |