Asian Vegetables
Do not waste any of this plant!! Use the leaves, flower buds and thick succulent stems in stir fries, steamed, raw..... Used extensively in Asian cooking. Grows like broccoli but with smaller heads and much faster growing. After the first harvest many side shoots form allowing for an extended harvest period. 300 seeds.
A good looking, fast growing and versatile pak choi. Once the leaves size up they are dark maroon with green undersides. Can use all stages of growth, from micro greens, baby leaf, full size and flower buds. Younger leaves used raw while larger leaves and buds are used in stir fries. 250 seeds.
Hon Tsai Tai, Purple Mizuna, Mustard, Tatsoi
A classic mix of fast growing Asian greens. All can be used for salads and stir fries, with each adding their own character, texture and flavour. The mizuna and mustard have a little bit of bite while the hon tsai tai (purple choy sum) and tatsoi are more mild flavoured. These can be grown anytime of the year but excel in the cooler weather. The flower heads can be eaten as well. 400 seeds. Not to WA.
| From | To | |
|---|---|---|
| Cool Climate Periods | Feb 1st | Apr 30th |
| Aug 1st | Oct 31st | |
| Mild Climate Periods | Mar 1st | Sep 30th |
| Mar 1st | Sep 30th | |
| Tropical Climate Periods | Apr 1st | Jul 31st |
A Japanese salad green that will supply you with aromatic leaves over the cooler months. Mibuna is a fast-growing, cold-tolerant annual plant for a sunny position with average garden soil, growing to 30-40 cm high. Enjoy the light mustard flavour that is perfect raw in salads, steamed or stir-fried. 200 seeds.
A fast growing salad green with a distinctive purple tinge on the margins. The leaves are gently spicy and add colour to salads and stir fries. The attractive, deeply-dissected foliage grows well in ordinary soil. We love mizuna as it provides two crops of valuable greens when lettuces are idle or growing slowly. 400 seeds.
Also called Bok Choi in Cantonese these delicious chinese vegetables form tight rosettes of deep green leaves with broad white, crisp stalks. A fast growing annual for the warmer months, best suited to fertile soil with plenty of watering, it will be ready to eat in five weeks. Great for stir frying. 500 seeds
A good looking, fast growing and versatile pak choi. Once the leaves size up they are dark maroon with green undersides. Can use all stages of growth, from micro greens, baby leaf, full size and flower buds. Younger leaves used raw while larger leaves and buds are used in stir fries. In our trials this is always the last Pak Choi to run to seed, it hold extremely well through winter and summer. 75 seeds.
A great green leafed Chinese cabbage with a creamy yellow blanched interior. A delicious sweet, tangy, juicy flavour. Use in stir fries, steamed or raw. Can be sown over a long period, it is slow to bolt and has good disease resistant. Heads will store up to 6 weeks in the fridge. 50 seeds.
This flower-bud Chinese kale is a vigourous grower and harvested to be on the table in a short time. Also known as kai-lan or gai lohn this flavour packed green has glossy leaves and crisp, thick stems with nutritious flower buds. Great raw, steamed or in stir-fries.
Harvest the stalks when 20cm tall and 2-3 flower buds are open. After the first harvest return for many subsequent harvest of the side shoots. 50 seeds.
These sweet tasting florets resemble broccolini. The large florets are like small heads of broccoli but with a shorter harvest time. They are great steamed, in stir fries or just munched raw. 50 seeds.
