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BOPAK

BOPAK

40 days. The first of its kind in many ways, Bopak produces picture-perfect heads of baby pak choi. Allowed to grow, it will continue to rapidly develop into a compact, upright, full-sized plant with 8 inch tall heads that measure 4 inches across. The tender, fleshy leaves are crisp and flavorful with wide, glossy ivory stems topped with deep green. Bopak is remarkably bolt resistant and is the first pak choi to earn an AAS award. HR: PB.

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Sister N.
Thriving in Zone 7

I fell in love with this bok choy after planting it in my partial shade garden bed in August 2023. It was a relatively mild winter and this bok choy kept producing well into the winter months. It was very tolerant of frequent cutting and occasional transplanting when I needed to reorganize my garden. Moving them to a spot with more afternoon sun helped them in the colder months. I was pleasantly surprised how the bok choy did not mind some of the areas of my garden with some heavy clay soil. This bok choy is perfect for stir frying and soup! Also, I left some of the plants that bolted in spring in my garden and they were bee magnets!

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Becky
Amazing. Can become enormous

I'm not sure why the description stops at 8" tall x 4" wide, or frankly calls them "baby" variety. My Bopaks, if I let them go, have grown to be 18-24" tall and 10-12" wide before bolting. At that stage, the leaves are so enormous that they rival collard greens. I tend to pick off outer leaves and let the choy keep growing, much like lettuces or cabbages. They still taste fabulous and I love to add them to soups, stir fries (the thicker fleshy stems especially are wonderful stir fried soaking up a sauce), pastas, quiches, and pretty much any dish that needs some added braised greens. I do like succession planting some baby varieties alongside this fullsize variety, mostly for aesthetic reasons (baby bok chois are so cute when tossed into ramens or alongside a stir fry!).
One reviewer mentioned something eating the leaves; I have a major problem in my garden with earwigs burrowing into all my brassicas and nibbling on greens, and the Bopaks are no exception. However they seem completely unperturbed by the pest presence and continue to thrive for months. When they bolt (it took until late July this year), I feed them to the chickens earwigs and all, and everybody wins!

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Diana E.
This is my staple bokchoi

Love this plant and this seed. Great germination rates and very quick to mature plants. We succession plant these along with violetta between March and June for harvest May-August. We could grow more later in the year, but have plenty of other crops to eat. This is one of the first items we can harvest each season.

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kiki
Consistently amazing plants

This is my most dependable green in my garden year after year, through all seasons. Started planting in March and with repeated sowings, I'm still harvesting at the end of December. Perfect for stir fries and sautéed. The taste is incredible.

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Soil Temp for Germ 45–75°F
Seed Depth ¼"
Seed Spacing 1"
Days to Emergence 2–15
Thin Plants to 12–18"
Row Spacing 18–36"
Fertilizer Needs Medium
Minimum Germination 75%
Seeds per Gram ≈ 252–360
Seed Life 3 years

Brassica rapa, Chinensis Group

Days to maturity are calculated from date of direct seeding.

Culture
• Pak Choi is a cool season crop that performs best in spring and fall in a wide range of soil types
• Young plants exposed to temperature fluctuations can result in bolting
• Apply 1 cup of TSC's Complete fertilizer per 5 row feet, and 1 inch of compost

Direct Sowing
• For a spring crop, sow after the danger of frost
• Fall crops can be sown July—mid-August

Transplanting
• Sow seeds 4 weeks before anticipated transplant date for a spring crop or July/August for a fall crop

Insects & Diseases
• Common insects: Flea and cucumber beetles, slugs, earwigs
• Insect control: Pyrethrin or row covers at planting, Cabbage Collars for slugs
• Disease prevention: 5-7 year crop rotation

Harvest & Storage
• Harvest as soon as mature to avoid bolting
• Store at 36°F and 95% relative humidity

KEY TO PAK CHOI DISEASE RESISTANCE AND TOLERANCE
HR indicates high resistance.
IR indicates intermediate resistance.
F | Fusarium Wilt
PB | Clubroot

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