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How to Grow Bok Choy: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

A quick brassica with thick pale stems, sown in succession and cut whole after about six weeks before it runs to flower.

Bok Choy

Brassica rapa var. chinensis

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Sow / plantHarvest

Guides

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Pests and diseases (26)

Fusarium YellowsPowdery MildewSclerotinia RotBlack RotDiamondback MothWhite RustAnthracnoseBacterial Soft RotOnion ThripsRoot-knot NematodeClubrootVerticillium WiltDowny MildewRing RotNecrotic MosaicPythium RotMosaic DiseaseBottom RotWhite Leaf SpotFusarium Wilt and Damping-offBacterial RotLeaf RotYellowsAlternaria Sooty SpotAlternaria Black SpotBacterial Leaf Spot

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