Chinese Cabbage Michihili
Chinese Cabbage Michihili. Michihili Chinese Cabbage is tender, crisp and sweet, with a pleasant spicy flavour with early medium maturity. Chinese Cabbage is used like lettuce in salads, cooked like spinach, shredded for slaw, steamed or stir-fried. Plants are 16 to 20 inches tall and 6 inches across at base weighing up to 5lb. Thick green leaves blanch creamy white inside. Michihili Chinese Cabbage is a sure header, and keeps well. The variety grows best in warmer weather and matures 70-75 days after sowing.
Cultivation Advice Chinese Cabbage Michihili
- Sow thinly from the last frost through to early autumn in rows 2 ft. apart covering with 1/4in of soil.
- Germination takes 5 to 10 days depending on soil and temperature conditions.
- When plants are 2 to 3 inches tall, thin or transplant, spacing plants 18 inches apart.
- Alternatively space at 9-12 inches and harvest alternate plants when young.
