Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa)

Species Turnip (Brassica rapa)

Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa)
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Chinese cabbage is either of two cultivar groups of leaf vegetables often used in Chinese cuisine: the Pekinensis Group and the Chinensis Group.

At a glance

Lifecycle
Biennial
Germination temperature
4.4–40.6 °C
Ideal germination temperature
29.4 °C
Germination time
1–3 days
Time to harvest
21–90 days
Frost limit
−4 °C

Good neighbours

Same genus