Vegetable Seeds Catalogue

Asian Vegetables

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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Brassica rapa Japonica. Group

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.
 

Frost Resilience
Frost Hardy
Lifespan
Annual
GermType
Fast germinating seeds
Sow Method
Direct
Sowing Instructions
Sow direct into garden, (thinning to 20cm between plants). Quick to bolt in warm weather or when transplanted. Cover seeds thinly and keep moist.
Spacing/Spread
0.2 m
Row Space
0.4 m
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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Brassica rapa ssp. chinensis

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



 

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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Brassica rapa ssp. chinensis

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. 50 seeds.

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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Basella rubra

An attractive perennial vine that has edible green leaves and shoots that can be used in salads or stir fries. The red stems give the plant an ornamental value as well. Provide a trellis for easy picking and to protect other plants from being smothered! A heat loving plant that is grown as an annual in cooler areas as it is frost tender. While not a true spinach the leaves taste and look similar. 30 seeds.

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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Brassica rapa (Narinosa group)

Tatsoi is a tasty Asian green with small, dark, spoon-shaped leaves in a thick rosette. Similar in taste to Bok Choy – but without the white stem. Can be harvested as a baby green or grown to full size. Great for salads, stir-fries etc. Tatsoi has a long harvest period and is easy to grow in any soil type, with organic matter added. Perfect for containers or gardens. About 500 seeds.