Best time to plant bok choy in Coffs Harbour
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
Also called pak choi, pak choy, buk choy, Chinese white cabbage
Sow bok choy in Coffs Harbour in All year.
Bok choy, also sold as pak choi, is a leaf vegetable that never forms a head. Instead, green leaf blades rise from pale, bulbous bases in a loose cluster. The taste sits somewhere between water chestnut and spinach with a slight pepperiness, and the leaves are stronger than the base.
When to sow in Coffs Harbour
Coffs Harbour, NSW is in the subtropical zone. Its months for bok choy apply here without a frost adjustment.
Broadly matches local guides, with some differences.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Coffs Harbour
Frost usually arrives in Coffs Harbour around mid July and finishes by early August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late May or as late as late August, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly or raise seedlings
- Sowing depth
- 6mm
- Plant spacing
- 20cm
- Row spacing
- 40cm
- Height
- 20cm
- Germination
- 7-14 days at 7-23°C
- Time to harvest
- 40-50 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- biennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.