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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Yuet_Lee on February 05, 2006, 22:49:29

Title: Surprise Chinese Mustard!
Post by: Yuet_Lee on February 05, 2006, 22:49:29
Its Surprise me that our Chinese Mustard ( Kai Choy) can survived over winter in the northwest of England. I sowed them on ground in late Oct. I thought I'll wasted all them seeds. I only used one of the mini ploytunnel from Poundshop to cover it. It survived and look like its ready picking. It doesn't look like its leggy like the cabbages I grow. Its very nice & green.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v412/sharliu/KaiChoi1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v412/sharliu/minitunnel.jpg)
Title: Re: Surprise Chinese Mustard!
Post by: katynewbie on February 05, 2006, 22:59:27
;D

Ooooh, well done!! Looks very tasty and succulent!
Title: Re: Surprise Chinese Mustard!
Post by: grawrc on February 05, 2006, 23:27:29
Well done! It lloks really great. So nice to have fresh green leaves in February. :) :)
Title: Re: Surprise Chinese Mustard!
Post by: agapanthus on February 06, 2006, 10:56:47
Nice one Yuet!!
Title: Re: Surprise Chinese Mustard!
Post by: Yuet_Lee on February 06, 2006, 11:00:39
Yes It hard to get some fresh green leaves in February. We've some hard frost last month or two. I thought it had been killed by then. Some other winter vegetables hardly survived even when I keep them in the greenhouse.   yuet
Title: Re: Surprise Chinese Mustard!
Post by: KT on February 06, 2006, 14:02:25
They look very healthy,Yuet :)
My shungiku(garland chrysanthemum) seem to have survived under a cloche,too. Good to have some green leaves at this time of year,isn't it?
Title: Re: Surprise Chinese Mustard!
Post by: pakaba on February 06, 2006, 18:34:18
Thank you,  ;D we had some of  that in our vegie box last week and i didn't have any idea what it was. ??? DH came threw and asked why we had a bag of stinging nettles in the fridge :P.  I realised it was some kind of spicy leaves, but now i have the exact name......... yours looks fantastic, how do you use it?

Pakaba
Title: Re: Surprise Chinese Mustard!
Post by: Yuet_Lee on February 06, 2006, 22:42:54
We always used these to make a nice clear sliced pork with Kai Choy( Chinese Mustard) soup :P :P Very simple & easy to make.  yuet
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