Best time to plant chinese cabbage in Gayndah
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
Also called Wombok, Napa cabbage, Celery cabbage, Hakusai, Baechu
Sow chinese cabbage in Gayndah in All year.
Chinese cabbage, widely called wombok in Australia, is a leaf vegetable that began near Beijing and is now common across East Asian cooking. Its Mandarin name means 'big white vegetable', setting it apart from the smaller bok choy. Crops are now raised well beyond Asia, including in Australia.
When to sow in Gayndah
Gayndah, QLD is in the subtropical zone. Its months for chinese cabbage apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Gayndah
Frost usually arrives in Gayndah around mid June and finishes by mid August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late May or as late as mid September, 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
- 12mm
- Plant spacing
- 45cm
- Row spacing
- 45cm
- Height
- 45cm
- Germination
- About 14 days
- Time to harvest
- 91 days from sowing
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.