Best time to plant chinese cabbage in Australia
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
Also called Wombok, Napa cabbage, Celery cabbage, Hakusai, Baechu
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.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
When to sow
| Zone | Months | How well checked |
|---|---|---|
| Cool | Aug to Mar | Matches local guides |
| Temperate | All year | Not yet checked against a local guide |
| Subtropical | All year | Not yet checked against a local guide |
| Tropical | Feb to Nov | Not yet checked against a local guide |
| Arid | Mar to May, Aug to Dec | Matches local guides |
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
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.