Brassica rapa var. japonica
Asian salad
Common names: Asian greens
Photo: Aris riyanto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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Description
Asian salads are a colorful group of fast-growing leafy greens with spicy-sour, often finely serrated or rosette-shaped leaves. When young, they can be eaten raw as baby leaves in salads, or when older, briefly stir-fried in a wok to bring heat and color to the garden, and this is from early spring to late autumn.
Care instructions
Sow them directly and densely into the bed, preferably in late summer (August, week 33), because they bolt quickly under prolonged heat. Keep the soil moist for mild, tender leaves and harvest as a cut salad continuously with scissors; the plants regrow multiple times. In autumn, a net protects against earthworms and extends the harvest until frost.
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
humus-rich, loamy, well-drained, nutrient-rich, moist
Feeding
Medium feeder
Months
Mar, Apr, Jul, Aug, Sep
Propagation
Methods
- From seed
Companion planting
Good neighbors
legume family (Fabaceae)
particularly well establishedLeguminous plants collect nitrogen in the soil, from which Brassicaceae benefit as heavy feeders.
For example Bush beanPole beanBroad beanMarker peaSugar peaRed bean and 30 more species in the catalogue
Source: classic companion planting (DACH-Gartenpraxis)
carrot family (Apiaceae)
You can pair celery and dill with all Brassicaceae because they repel the cabbage whitefly with their scent, a proven companion.
For example Carrotcelery rootDillParsleyCarrot fennelCoriander and 19 more species in the catalogue
Source: Bio-Gärtnerei Mixed-culture Practice
mint family (Lamiaceae)
You will notice that the intense scent of basil, thyme, and others confuses the cabbage whitefly and keeps it away from the cabbage family.
For example LavenderThymeBasilRosemarySageHyssop and 31 more species in the catalogue
Source: bio-gardening intercropping practice
nasturtium family (Tropaeolaceae)
Nasturtium serves as a trap plant for you. Aphids and cabbage whiteflies prefer it over the brassicaceae next to it.
For example Tropaeolum majusMashua
Source: Trap plant practice in organic horticulture
Rather not
Companion planting is partly traditional gardening lore. Where the reason is known, it is given.
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