Time to Pick Bok Choy in the Garden!
*Squeals* *Dances* *Smiles* *Does a cartwheel*. Just kidding, I could never do a cartwheel. In the playground all the pretty little girls were always flipping around while I was playing basketball or trying to talk people into playing BINGO with me. But I am squealing, dancing and smiling…. it’s time to start picking vegetables in the garden! This makes me one happy girl!
Right now we’re getting hammered with Lettuce and Bok Choy picking in the garden. For a girl who used to dislike lettuce, I am sure eating it by the handful now.. but that’s another post! This one is all about one of my favorite greens, Bok Choy! Last year we grew some over the Winter in the green house and it worked pretty well but this Spring was the first time we grew them normal like our other plants. The results are astounding… we already have a contestant in the happiest plant of 2014 category!
For stats, the seeds were planted January 29 and transplanted outside on April 1st. These plants are growing MASSIVE! I really can’t say enough great things about their growth. They are wide, bushy and they just keep growing. So let’s pick some of the first harvest of the season… are you excited?
Remember when the bok choy were just baby seedlings? Oh those were the days…
Then they started growing…
Then suddenly they were full force ahead adult bok choy mode!
You guys just grew up so quick! It feels like just yesterday I was planting your little seeds.
You used to be small and weak and scared of the wind… and now you’re so strong you can live through tough storms!
From seed to these massive beauties. A bok choy selfie is needed!
But now it’s time to pick the bok choy for dinner! I’m totally making this noodle dish! Did you know that if you don’t pick the entire plant but instead just cut off the outside leaves the plant will keep growing? I know, it’s amazing. That means that you can grow a plant, cut, then keep on growing! I would highly suggest this method as you’re going to get double the yield. To do this just cut about 2 inches from the base on the outside leaves. This is a great video that shows you how to cut it too.
And go all the way around the plant to cut all the leaves..
We tend to leave a few leaves inside so the plant won’t freak out but instead will keep growing. This is how we left the plant after cutting.
In just 1 week the plant already looks like this again. Do you see all the new growth around the base and the outside leaves?
And then once all your bok choy is cut, start thinking about recipes!
And continue to be in love with how green and beautiful it is! Goodness I am in love with you bok choy.
Good job baby bok choy. Mama and Papa love you.
Thanks for harvesting with me!
Have you grown bok choy before? Do you treat your plants like babies too?
lovely greens 🙂
That looks like some mighty healthy bok choy! How were the noodles? 🙂
One of my current fav recipes Helen! I even added in some radishes.. yum!
Great bok choys,…. Healthy strong plants!
Wow, that is beautiful!!
You must be proud!
ela
Your garden amazes me Pamela! Do you want to come spend some time in my back yard?
If you cook me dinner we have a deal. 🙂
They have grown indeed… And look absolutely beautiful! Stir-fried bok choy is a fave of mine. Enjoy your “babies”!!!
Bingo would be a perfectly acceptable response to this bok choy! Its so pretty!
I want some of that uh-mazing bok choi! How much for a pound? 😉
Really beautiful bok choy, so big it’s hard to believe how fast it grew. Lots of yummy dishes to be made with it!
That’s some nice bok Choy there. I love bok Choy. I’m really liking following your garden. It’s great.
Awesome, just finished up the last of our Summer harvest, was a really wonderful year for gardening actually. I treat my plants like pets, have even been known to talk to them when I water. 🙂
Your garden is beautiful, its great to follow your gardening adventures. 🙂
That makes me happy to hear! I talk and dance with mine! It makes me believe it causes them happiness.. 😉
Wow, beautiful bok choy! How proud you must be! Love the bok choy selfie!
Awesome! I would make a stir-fry with them!
Wow that is bigger than your head! Amazing!
So beautiful! You are so lucky to have some bok choy in your garden!
Have a great day Pamela
Chantal
Harvesting in the garden is so exciting. Enjoy your bounty!!!
Velva
Wow, the bok choy look beautiful Pamela! I love seeing your garden updates – it always amazes me 🙂
What a glorious bok choy! These are going to be delicious with a simple stir fry with garlic and a little oyster sauce. xx Emily
Gorgeous huge bok choy. You certainly have a green thumb! Your bok choy looks so much nicer than the ones here at the wet markets. I can’t wait to see the dishes you make with your harvest.
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Your bok choy are bee-too-tee-full, Pamela. Lucky you to have such fresh lovelies to add to all your Asian accented dishes =)
Your bok choy is just amazing. I’ve never seen them in a garden. I see many great stir-fries ahead.
Sam
great information Pamela, I do that with my lettuce but I did not know about the bok choy. Happy week-end to you!
You’re amazing! Look at that beautiful bok choy! I have never grown it before…but man do I enjoy it in a stir-fry 😉
Wow the bok choy is HUGE! You never cease to impress me! Can’t wait to see what else is growing up in your garden!
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We planted bok choy for the first time this April. The germination rate was amazing (I had to thin them and transplant some to another garden). They are growing very quickly. Thanks for the link to the cut-and-come-again video. I’ll harvest them that way. I hope my bok choy turns out as big and beautiful as yours.
BTW, I sing to my plants, like I used to sing to my kids when they were little. Maybe I’m crazy, but I’m pretty sure they grow healthier if I sing to them.
Hey Russell, please let me know how your bok choy ends up! We just picked a plant yesterday to enjoy in some noodle and bok choy soup for dinner, it was delicious. I love that you sing to your plants too, I really think it helps (or at least I tell myself that!). Enjoy your bok choy!
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This is going to be my first time that I’m going to plant bok chow I have a garden but this is only my second summer that that I’ve been garding and I love bok chow I hope they grow as big as yours.
Good luck Lisa! Bok choy is so much fun to grow, I hope you come back and let me know how it goes!