Your videos are very clear and informative. I’ve bought your seeds a couple of years ago and slowly getting to plant them now. This year I’m trying your You Choi Sum.. can’t wait.
Awesome growing some now. Yes there is small flower or yellow buds appearing. It's 65 degrees in Chicago. Also other Japanese greens. There growing big as well.
thanks for sharing this info....and thanks for letting us know the name of this...........some folks tell you everything but the name of it........but, thanks again you told us.......God bless you ..... (where can we buy the seeds?)
Order Asian vegetable seeds at www.asiangarden2table.com/shop/ Visit our website for more gardening videos www.asiangarden2table.com/growing-page/ Thank you very much for your support.
If you live somewhere cool where I do (Scotland), start indoors because if the seedlings get cold they will bolt prematurely. I made this mistake even though this year is a great summer for us as some days were still quite cold. If I had started them indoors and transplanted out I'd have had a great harvest!
I love your video. Do you know where I can get this "yu choy" seeds and also the small tool that you use for weeding the weeds. I cannot find the tool here in Kansas. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep on sharing your videos.
***** Chinese supermarket should have seeds. Our website will start to carry Asian vegetable seeds soon. So welcome to check it out later. My little tool was bought in Homedepot but I could not find it on its website any more. I found similar on Amazon. You can take a look. www.amazon.com/Flexrake-CLA105-Vegetable-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B001IKYV7Y/ref=sr_1_16?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1435801983&sr=1-16&keywords=gardening+hand+tools
I planted seeds 2 days ago and they are already sprouting! Now, do you (or anyone) have a link on how to prepare these for eating? I'm so excited to try them!
Enjoy your videos. very well done. Would have been cool to see some of the choy sum cooked in a typical dish or stir fried. If you do any videos in the future like this perhaps you can cook something too. I'm curious about several of your plants like sword bean, bitter melon etc which are not so popular in American stores. I understand there are a number of chineese perennial vegetables. Do you grow any of these?
Blake Carey Hi, yes I will have vegetable recipes in the future. Have been very busy with gardening and setting up my website. So will do that later. If you check my latest video, I made a tour around my garden. I am growing sword bean and bitter melon. Here is the link: ruclips.net/video/0DV2jYl8Q4I/видео.html Thank you for your comment:)
I bought a pack of Choi Sum seeds on ebay last year, is it same as Yu Choy Sum?? I ate the noodle in HK and it was served with the Choi Sum, so delicious but I am living in France and it's very rare to find Asia vegetables or very expensive. I really want to grow some in my garden. I will do it this week.
LuggerMoulin Yu Choi Sum is also called Choi Sum although there are many different variaties. Just plant it to see what you got. It is one of the most delicious vegetables in my opinion:) Good luck!
You mention having new plants ready to be put in the garden when the first are done producing. At what point do you start the seeds for the next round? Would it be when you plant the first ones? When you first start harvesting the first ones? Thank you for any help you could give me!
That is good imo, you get more to eat! I end up cutting the whole plant down and eating the big stem at the bottom too as well as the leaves. I know Chinese people typically discard the leaves but I find that wasteful.
What an amazing veggie garden you have there!!! I'm a novice gardener for my family. What is your growing zone? Are you in US or any other place? I live in central Texas where the summer is extremely hot. So hard to manage plants in summer. I'd like to know your growing skill. Thanks
I just saw this video, but was reading comments and saw where you are in central Texas. I am too! I don't know about other places, but with the heat and wind and uneven temps, it's very hard to garden here (for ME anyway), and then there are the aphids and squash bugs that LOVE Texas! LOL Hope you are having a blessed garden!
apirlrain Thank you! I do grow peas but now it is not the season in my area. Pea shoots are one of our favorite green. Usually you pick the shoots after the plants grow more than 12 leaves. When the side shoots grow longer, keep 2~3 leaves and pick the shoots again. Continue this until you see flower buds, you should stop picking the shoots, so you still have pretty good harvest for the pods. How much you can pick really depends on variaties, temperature and nutrients.When our weather gets cool down I will try to make a video for peas and I hope to seeyou then.
do they require full sun? i've purchased the Yu Choy Sum Late 120s and they don't seem to be growing pass their first seedling leaves, the bed that they are in get 4 hours of direct sunlight =(
Yes, I think 4 hours of sun may not be enough for leafy plants. They need lots of sun water and nutrients to properly develop. Can you reflect some sun to that area? The north side of our garden started growing better when we installed a new white vinyl privacy fence on our north property line.
You can eat the rest too but you probably want to harvest outer leaves a long the way when you harvest the first stalks. If you leave all the leaves till after the sprout harvesting is done the outer leaves might be quite old, pest damaged and yellowed. If plants are small then just harvest the whole plant. If it is big you can harvest the stalk and wait for side shoots for more harvesting. Your growing season might affect how you choose to harvest.
They are edible. The stem is the most prized part. It's like when you buy a cabbage or lettuce from the store, if you watch them harvest, they throw out half the plant and you are just getting the centre part.
thank u for that tip! oh... mine already flowering ;( guess I misses it. but it has less then 12 leaves now..... I'll amend my soil like you next yr. I found your video too late ;)
apirlrain There are usually two reasons a cool weather vegetable flowers when it is tiny: lack of nutrients and hot temperature. If lack of nutrients, the vegetable grows slowly and tiny but the growing cycle is normal. If temperature is too high, then the vegetable flowers much earlier than it should. That means growing cycle is much shorter. So find out the cause and avoid it next time. You will grow it much better. Thank you for coming back.
Hi, I sent some photos of my seedlings to your website not sure if you are active or not. My problem is the seedlings are tiny and now flowering after more than 1 month. Not sure if I didn't have enough fertilizer or what the problem was. Should I start all over again ? Anything I can do about the these tiny choy sum plants ?
choy sum means flowering stem. whilst yu choy sum means specifically this. choy sum can also refer to other related veg that have sprouted the flowering stem too. for example, bok choy sum may also be referred to as choy sum too. so it can mean both the variety but also veg that have bolted more generally.
I found the seeds at a European supplier so i just ordered them (shipping seeds from US to Euro was problematic, right? If not, then i misunderstood) Anyway, you made this vegetable sound so delicious that i just had to hunt them down! Ohh gosh, and bought so many other things again, i can't help myself with the seed catalogue in hand. Haha! I am a vegetable seeds addict. I can think of worse things to be addicted to. :D Stay healthy, stay strong, take care of yourself, Regine. I read that you had a baby on the way, so congratulations!
+melovescoffee Glad you found the seeds. Let me know if you like it. I am a huge vegetable seeds addict too. Yes, my baby is coming soon. Can't wait to see him!
3nien You have to find out the reason first. Variety, weather, soil condition could cause thin stalks. Generally, a late matured variety in cool weather with enough fertilizer produces thick and juicy stalks. Good luck!
Your videos are very clear and informative. I’ve bought your seeds a couple of years ago and slowly getting to plant them now. This year I’m trying your You Choi Sum.. can’t wait.
This is also one of my favorite vegetable and it's the first time I planted it on my backyard garden. Your video is very helpful. Thank you.
Very informative and comprehensive video. Thank you
Hi, most of your video were very helpful, keep up the good job. happy gardening!!
Thanks so much. Just discovered this delicious vegetable. You are a wonderful gardener. I learn a lot from you and enjoy your spirit.
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My mom loves this to eat.
I don't really like vegetables, but this is one I really like steamed 😍
Very well done and extremly valuable info on Choi Sum. Thank you kindly.
I have learned a lot from you.. I plant many choy sums a lot this season for the first time..thank you so much
Thank you for your fantastic videos, I have planted my Choy Sum seeds today :)
I love Yu Choy. I grew it last year and again this year.
Very informative. Full cycle video. Well done
Hello😊
I did a search on how to grow Yu Choy as it's one of my favorites...then I found your Channel. All the best☀️🌻🐝🦋
Nice planting Choi sum
Awesome growing some now. Yes there is small flower or yellow buds appearing. It's 65 degrees in Chicago. Also other Japanese greens. There growing big as well.
Excellent video I am taking Your tips for my garden this year Thank You
An excellent documentary - Thank you.
thanks for sharing this info....and thanks for letting us know the name of this...........some folks tell you everything but the name of it........but, thanks again you told us.......God bless you ..... (where can we buy the seeds?)
Good information. I bought some choi sum seed from Bangkok. Now got complete knowledge how to grow it. Thanks
Tq miss.. This explains everything.
Thank you for the guide. It will certainly help me when I start growing my own cai xin.
Thank u for sharing, I try planting choy sum also, unfortunately the leaves are not so good... 2weeks already
Hello asian garden nice nice info bout choy sum i have a pack of seeds here in the phillippines i know how to grow with your channel
Such informative video. Thank you so much!!!
Order Asian vegetable seeds at
www.asiangarden2table.com/shop/
Visit our website for more gardening videos
www.asiangarden2table.com/growing-page/
Thank you very much for your support.
Great information. Thank you.
Thank you
Thanks for the wonderful video. Recently, I harvested the choy sum, There is bitterness in the cooked leaves. Is it expected?
Wonderful video. Could you say how you germinate. Depth and termperature for germination. Thank you
I am thinking of planting this so its a good introduction
If you live somewhere cool where I do (Scotland), start indoors because if the seedlings get cold they will bolt prematurely. I made this mistake even though this year is a great summer for us as some days were still quite cold. If I had started them indoors and transplanted out I'd have had a great harvest!
I love your video. Do you know where I can get this "yu choy" seeds and also the small tool that you use for weeding the weeds. I cannot find the tool here in Kansas. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep on sharing your videos.
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Chinese supermarket should have seeds. Our website will start to carry Asian vegetable seeds soon. So welcome to check it out later.
My little tool was bought in Homedepot but I could not find it on its website any more.
I found similar on Amazon. You can take a look.
www.amazon.com/Flexrake-CLA105-Vegetable-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B001IKYV7Y/ref=sr_1_16?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1435801983&sr=1-16&keywords=gardening+hand+tools
I planted seeds 2 days ago and they are already sprouting! Now, do you (or anyone) have a link on how to prepare these for eating? I'm so excited to try them!
very delicious vegetable
Do you eat the leaves?
很多謝你的video 對我很有幫助，只是我的英語及普通話都不太好，如果有字幕那就更好了。你說的 quick choi 中文名字是什麼? 我是住在加拿大的CALGARY, 天氣較冷，種菜的時間很短，有什麼菜可以種植呢？謝謝妳的時間
After harvesting, will it regrow or do we have to uproot everything and repeat the process?
Enjoy your videos. very well done. Would have been cool to see some of the choy sum cooked in a typical dish or stir fried. If you do any videos in the future like this perhaps you can cook something too. I'm curious about several of your plants like sword bean, bitter melon etc which are not so popular in American stores. I understand there are a number of chineese perennial vegetables. Do you grow any of these?
Blake Carey
Hi, yes I will have vegetable recipes in the future. Have been very busy with gardening and setting up my website. So will do that later.
If you check my latest video, I made a tour around my garden. I am growing sword bean and bitter melon. Here is the link:
ruclips.net/video/0DV2jYl8Q4I/видео.html
Thank you for your comment:)
兔妈，就是播种一次，每颗油菜心可以收割3-4次？
Hi, thanks for the video, good info. Are you able to provide any tips with keeping bugs eating the leaves please. Thank you in advance for your time.
Row covers
I bought a pack of Choi Sum seeds on ebay last year, is it same as Yu Choy Sum??
I ate the noodle in HK and it was served with the Choi Sum, so delicious but I am living in France and it's very rare to find Asia vegetables or very expensive. I really want to grow some in my garden. I will do it this week.
LuggerMoulin Yu Choi Sum is also called Choi Sum although there are many different variaties. Just plant it to see what you got. It is one of the most delicious vegetables in my opinion:) Good luck!
Hello! Love your videos. Do you sell these Yu Choy Sum Seeds? I checked out your website but couldn't find any. Thanks from Hawaii
You mention having new plants ready to be put in the garden when the first are done producing. At what point do you start the seeds for the next round? Would it be when you plant the first ones? When you first start harvesting the first ones? Thank you for any help you could give me!
Succession sow every 2-3 weeks. You can fine tune it to your needs and conditions.
I am growing this atm. it's growing really well, but mine looks much taller. and it still hasn't got flowers. it is growing slow but strong.
That is good imo, you get more to eat! I end up cutting the whole plant down and eating the big stem at the bottom too as well as the leaves. I know Chinese people typically discard the leaves but I find that wasteful.
What an amazing veggie garden you have there!!!
I'm a novice gardener for my family. What is your growing zone? Are you in US or any other place? I live in central Texas where the summer is extremely hot. So hard to manage plants in summer. I'd like to know your growing skill. Thanks
HyunJong Kim I am in Saint Pete. FL. It is also very hot here:) I am very happy to share my experience with you!
Asiangarden 2table Amazed you can grow them in a hoophouse in such a hot place. I always thought they would bolt in such hot weather!
I just saw this video, but was reading comments and saw where you are in central Texas. I am too! I don't know about other places, but with the heat and wind and uneven temps, it's very hard to garden here (for ME anyway), and then there are the aphids and squash bugs that LOVE Texas! LOL Hope you are having a blessed garden!
This veggy is the most common thing in my country indonesia farmers make tons of profit by growing this especially in hidroponics
I really enjoy your vidoes, do you grow pea pod? I am very curious how to pick it and still have pea. how much can you pick?
apirlrain Thank you! I do grow peas but now it is not the season in my area. Pea shoots are one of our favorite green. Usually you pick the shoots after the plants grow more than 12 leaves. When the side shoots grow longer, keep 2~3 leaves and pick the shoots again. Continue this until you see flower buds, you should stop picking the shoots, so you still have pretty good harvest for the pods. How much you can pick really depends on variaties, temperature and nutrients.When our weather gets cool down I will try to make a video for peas and I hope to seeyou then.
I wonder if they are aerogarden compatible
ada pin I have it in my aerogarden 7 pods right now. And it is flowering already.
can I buy y choy sum seed this year for growing next year? or the seeds get too old for planting? thanks.
I've planted ones that were a decade old and they grew, the success rate of them germinating was less but still plenty of them did grow.
do they require full sun? i've purchased the Yu Choy Sum Late 120s and they don't seem to be growing pass their first seedling leaves, the bed that they are in get 4 hours of direct sunlight =(
Yes, I think 4 hours of sun may not be enough for leafy plants. They need lots of sun water and nutrients to properly develop. Can you reflect some sun to that area? The north side of our garden started growing better when we installed a new white vinyl privacy fence on our north property line.
I hope to find these in my Asian market. They sell lots of seeds. :)
+superslyfoxx1
I hope you have found these vegetables. Thank you too!
After you picked the stocks, what do you do with the rest of vegetable?
If it's not too late in the season, the plants will grow more flower stalks, smaller but still very good.
You can eat the rest too but you probably want to harvest outer leaves a long the way when you harvest the first stalks. If you leave all the leaves till after the sprout harvesting is done the outer leaves might be quite old, pest damaged and yellowed.
If plants are small then just harvest the whole plant. If it is big you can harvest the stalk and wait for side shoots for more harvesting. Your growing season might affect how you choose to harvest.
Can you not use/cook the other leaves apart from the tender stalk?
They are edible. The stem is the most prized part. It's like when you buy a cabbage or lettuce from the store, if you watch them harvest, they throw out half the plant and you are just getting the centre part.
what kind of soil are you using?
兔妈，我种了你的油菜心late，才长了两三片真叶，它们居然就抽苔了...还都是小苗苗呢……不知道是不是前两周莫名的高温天气导致的。我还是把芯子都掐了，不知道还能继续长吗？还是只能全部拔掉等秋天再种了呀？求指点迷津
春化作用了。早期低温，然后突然高温。十字花科受春化作用影响会提早开花。
把花掐了它会长侧枝的。也可以再种一批。
thank u for that tip! oh... mine already flowering ;( guess I misses it. but it has less then 12 leaves now..... I'll amend my soil like you next yr. I found your video too late ;)
apirlrain There are usually two reasons a cool weather vegetable flowers when it is tiny: lack of nutrients and hot temperature. If lack of nutrients, the vegetable grows slowly and tiny but the growing cycle is normal. If temperature is too high, then the vegetable flowers much earlier than it should. That means growing cycle is much shorter. So find out the cause and avoid it next time. You will grow it much better. Thank you for coming back.
we went from 40 t0 90 now frost tonight in 2 weeks, so thx!!!
Hi, I sent some photos of my seedlings to your website not sure if you are active or not. My problem is the seedlings are tiny and now flowering after more than 1 month. Not sure if I didn't have enough fertilizer or what the problem was. Should I start all over again ? Anything I can do about the these tiny choy sum plants ?
They bolted. Various factors make them flower too early. Without more information it is hard to know why.
Is yuy choy sum the same plant as choy sum?
BroccoliRocks
Yes. But at the same time, there are many varieties out there :)
Thank you, I just started buying this vegetable in the Asian markets and the names aren't always consistent
choy sum means flowering stem. whilst yu choy sum means specifically this. choy sum can also refer to other related veg that have sprouted the flowering stem too. for example, bok choy sum may also be referred to as choy sum too. so it can mean both the variety but also veg that have bolted more generally.
What's the white granules you added?
anticuti It is a mixture of 10:10:10 and 16:0:3 inorganic fertilizer. I usually spread some when transplant seedlings.
Maybe you can do a video on the different fertilizers you use.
That is a great suggestion. I will work on it. Thank you!
I found the seeds at a European supplier so i just ordered them (shipping seeds from US to Euro was problematic, right? If not, then i misunderstood) Anyway, you made this vegetable sound so delicious that i just had to hunt them down! Ohh gosh, and bought so many other things again, i can't help myself with the seed catalogue in hand. Haha! I am a vegetable seeds addict. I can think of worse things to be addicted to. :D Stay healthy, stay strong, take care of yourself, Regine. I read that you had a baby on the way, so congratulations!
+melovescoffee
Glad you found the seeds. Let me know if you like it. I am a huge vegetable seeds addict too.
Yes, my baby is coming soon. Can't wait to see him!
thk alot
My stalks are very thin and tough.
How do I get fatter and larger stalks
3nien
You have to find out the reason first. Variety, weather, soil condition could cause thin stalks. Generally, a late matured variety in cool weather with enough fertilizer produces thick and juicy stalks. Good luck!
Could it be too cold? That happened to me before when it was too cold and insufficient nutrients.
you should show use how took cook some of those vegetable.
why my choy sum died? they need a special soil? i am living in pakistan and i tried to plant it but it did not survive.
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你好，可以拉我进群么？我在荷兰的，没有人讲种中国菜的，虽然荷兰人很擅长种菜，可是他们不种我们吃的中国菜，这边中国人也少些。我Q或微是81019746.谢谢
are younot eat the rest of it?
+tam Le
We do not. the old plant is too tough and does not have good flavor.
No dig gardens save you a lot of time and better results
Whats the english name?
Brassica rapa var. parachinensis
Can anyone sell me these seeds ?
look on ebay.
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