Pak Choi Seeds - Colour Crunch Blend

A celebration of our favourite pak choi varieties. Containing seeds from green, red and yellow varieties, perfectly suited to our climate and growing conditions. Plant these super easy and rewarding little numbers year-round for vibrant and fun salads, sandwiches and warm dishes.

• Pack size: 100 seeds
• Time to germination: 7 - 10 days
• When to sow: Year-round
• When to plant out: March - October
• Spacing: 20-30cm
• Soil preference: Moist, well-drained
• Light preference: Full sun, part shade
• When to harvest: Year-round

How to grow pak choi from seed

Pak choi is tolerant of cold, wet conditions and should not be let to dry out. A full sun position with some shade in the summer months is ideal.

Start Pak Choi Colour Crunch Blend Seeds off indoors any time. Sow two seeds shallowly in 3cm biodegradable pots and keep moist and at room temperature. Once a few leaves have developed, the plant has put on some weight and it is less prone to damage from high winds, plant out, pot and all in the garden.

Plant directly from March by dropping two seeds to grow at a depth of around 0.5 to 1cm. Thin the weaker seedling. Keep your pak choi plants well-watered, especially before drought conditions occur.

To ensure a continuous harvest, sow in succession every couple of weeks. Harvest the whole head with a sharp knife, cutting just above soil level. Unlike some other oriental greens, this plant won’t regrow.

What to feed your pak choi plants

All plants enjoy a full diet of major and minor nutrients and trace elements for strong growth and good immunity. Amend the area before transplanting with a good mix of rotten farmyard manure and fish, blood and bone meal. Add some volcanic rock dust and kelp powder to give them a rich, balanced and diverse diet, released over the season for strong organic growth. Stronger, healthier plants are also less attractive to attacking insects.

Keeping pests away

Garden pests enjoy pak choi seedlings, and as such, we recommend starting indoors and under lights to ensure a compact, healthy seedling that is large and sturdy enough to survive an encounter with a slug or pigeon.

The other pest worth a mention is the cabbage white butterfly caterpillar which can decimate your crop. If you have a healthy resident bird population, these are less of a problem. Limit infestations through physical exclusion, or scatter plant single pak choi plants in different garden areas.

Bacillus thuringiensis is a natural soil born bacteria that is 100% safe for insects, bees, fish and other aquatic organisms and mammals, including humans. It is, however, deadly to caterpillars. Dilute in water and spray onto the underside of your pak choi leaves. While this organic remedy works effectively, we recommend avoiding planting pak choi in blocks and rows to keep this easy-going veg low maintenance.

Grow Sow Greener is a regenerative gardening company advocating back to the roots tried and tested methods. We don’t recommend the use of or sell any extremely profitable pesticides, herbicides or inorganic fertilisers. They are detrimental to the health of your entire garden ecosystem, from microbe to mammal.

Instead, encourage birds, hedgehogs and toads to take up residence, all voracious predators of snails and slugs. Also, provide a water source, shelter and winter food for birds.