No one interested in vegetable growing can fail to be inspired by the Chinese people and the diversity and productivity of oriental vegetables. Traditionally Chinese farmers bred and saved their own seed, an eminently sensible practice as over the years strains were bred and selected that were adapted to the locality. This is most true of the beloved workhorses of the vegetable garden, the Brassicas, many of which have only ten chromosomes and generally intercross. Global cuisine and an increasingly culturally diverse population have introduced these piquant greens to grower's world wide. They are becoming an important crop for the home producer, as so many of which have proved to be ideally suited to the cooler months of autumn and spring when our choice of vegetables is limited. Many have been previously unavailable in seed form; this treasure trove of highly adaptable vegetables is now becoming larger each year.

• Sow outdoors into finely raked, moist, weed free soil.
• It is important to water well in dry weather and to keep well weeded.
• It can be harvested at almost any stage of its growth. If large leaves are not important, just flavour, you can grow the plant to the baby stage (4-6 leaves) and harvest the entire plant at about 3-4 weeks.
• Stalks can be consumed raw, or cooked. It has a high water content and becomes limp very quickly so should be cooked very quickly over high temperature so that the leaves become tender and the stalks stay crisp.
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Sow outdoors into finely raked, moist, weed free soil.