Hello, I also grew bok choi in a pot, just like you. The soil was a mix of store-bought soil and rich compost which contained decomposed vegetables leaves, and seaweed. However the leaves were full of little holes (from insects, I assume). It was so disheartening. Any ideas what insect it could have been and how I can solve that problem? I only use organic products, not commercial pesticides. Also, what growing zone are you in? (or latitude?) Thanks.
Oh no, it could be slugs, birds, bugs or insects. We have slug issues and it's always a challenge to fully eliminate them in the garden. However, when we put crushed egg shells (broken into powder) on top of soil, it seems to work ok as a repellant. It's an on going process, hope you eat lots of eggs. Good luck. Thank you!
@@kimh6329 Thank you for your reply. May I ask what soil you use? Is it just top soil you buy at a store? Do you enrich it with anything? Or do you just dig it up from the yard? Also, we had temps in the 20s F (-7 C). I left a pot outside, and I still collected leaves from it yesterday. The new leaves that are about one inch long were not eaten yet, so I collected them, but I only get 2 leaves per plant. Also, I tried something I saw on YT and it worked! I bought some bok choi at the store and cut off about 1/2 an inch (1 cm.) from the bottom and placed it on top of the soil. Kept it moist. In the spring I took it out, watered it and then forgot about it. Then it went to seed and now I have an endless supply of seeds-all for free! Now if I can get rid of the slugs! I heard half-burying a cup of beer in the soil works better for slugs. It's probably slugs for the leaves. I guess the birds got the word too, because they ate most of the seeds! My seeds are from two years ago, before the birds found out I was growing bok choi. Good thing I had better luck with the tomatoes this year!
Sounds like you are doing a great job so far. We plow our soil at beginning of gardening season in spring, then supplement with city compost and store bought soil (Miracle Gro garden soil sold at Costco). We use fertilizer (Miracle Gro water soluble plant food sold at Costco) to boost growth of our veggies, but use little amount at a time. Our backyard is small with limited sun daily, it's a challenge to pick and choose what to grow every summer. Buckets and planters are used to maximize growing space. Bok choy won't survive our winter, as temperature could get as cold as in low (-30°C). Slugs hibernate in cold weather but thrive in wet soil during summer. Therefore, we try not to water our veggies in evening to keep soil dry. We have yet to try the beer method to drown slugs, but it does sound like a pretty good way to get rid of slugs....easy and effective... Thank you
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Bok choy won't survive during the snowy winter. The next best time to sow bok choy is in early spring. Thank you!
Hello, I also grew bok choi in a pot, just like you. The soil was a mix of store-bought soil and rich compost which contained decomposed vegetables leaves, and seaweed. However the leaves were full of little holes (from insects, I assume). It was so disheartening. Any ideas what insect it could have been and how I can solve that problem? I only use organic products, not commercial pesticides.
Also, what growing zone are you in? (or latitude?) Thanks.
Oh no, it could be slugs, birds, bugs or insects. We have slug issues and it's always a challenge to fully eliminate them in the garden. However, when we put crushed egg shells (broken into powder) on top of soil, it seems to work ok as a repellant. It's an on going process, hope you eat lots of eggs. Good luck.
Thank you!
@@kimh6329 Thank you for your reply. May I ask what soil you use? Is it just top soil you buy at a store? Do you enrich it with anything? Or do you just dig it up from the yard? Also, we had temps in the 20s F (-7 C). I left a pot outside, and I still collected leaves from it yesterday. The new leaves that are about one inch long were not eaten yet, so I collected them, but I only get 2 leaves per plant.
Also, I tried something I saw on YT and it worked! I bought some bok choi at the store and cut off about 1/2 an inch (1 cm.) from the bottom and placed it on top of the soil. Kept it moist. In the spring I took it out, watered it and then forgot about it. Then it went to seed and now I have an endless supply of seeds-all for free! Now if I can get rid of the slugs! I heard half-burying a cup of beer in the soil works better for slugs. It's probably slugs for the leaves. I guess the birds got the word too, because they ate most of the seeds! My seeds are from two years ago, before the birds found out I was growing bok choi. Good thing I had better luck with the tomatoes this year!
Sounds like you are doing a great job so far. We plow our soil at beginning of gardening season in spring, then supplement with city compost and store bought soil (Miracle Gro garden soil sold at Costco). We use fertilizer (Miracle Gro water soluble plant food sold at Costco) to boost growth of our veggies, but use little amount at a time. Our backyard is small with limited sun daily, it's a challenge to pick and choose what to grow every summer. Buckets and planters are used to maximize growing space.
Bok choy won't survive our winter, as temperature could get as cold as in low (-30°C).
Slugs hibernate in cold weather but thrive in wet soil during summer. Therefore, we try not to water our veggies in evening to keep soil dry. We have yet to try the beer method to drown slugs, but it does sound like a pretty good way to get rid of slugs....easy and effective...
Thank you
@@kimh6329 Thank you very much for your detailed answer. Sorry it took me so long to reply. (Most of my yard is in shade also. Challenging.)
No problem at all. Let's hope for more fruitful years ahead. Happy holidays!