Brassica rapa var rosularis
Tatsoi
'Tatsoi' is a popular oriental vegetable, that grows as a compact rosette of leaves that have a mild taste for salads, stir fries etc. It is fast-growing, and easy to grow
Contributed by @Naomi126
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Partial shade
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Frequent watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Tatsoi
Latin name
Brassica rapa var rosularis
type
Vegetable
family
Brassicaceae
ph
5.5 - 6.8 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
Brassica rapa var rosularis
'Tatsoi' is a popular oriental vegetable, that grows as a compact rosette of leaves that have a mild taste for salads, stir fries etc. It is fast-growing, and easy to grow
Propagating by seed
From Mid Spring TO Mid Summer
Sow seeds in a good seed compost from early spring to mid-summer. Seeds should germinate in 2 or 3 days if kept moist and covered. For continual cropping, sow seeds at weekly intervals. They will be ready to thin and plant out once the seedlings have produced a second pair of leaves.
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Mid Summer
Seedlings will be ready to plant out once they have a second pair of leaves. Plant them into a rich compost, ideally into a veg trug or into large pots that can easily be protected from slugs. Plant two or three seedlings in each pot or, space them out 8 inches apart in a trug. Leave them in partial shade having watered them well. For continual cropping, plant seedlings at least a week apart through to mid-summer.