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Sign up freeBrassica rapa var. parachinensis
vegetable
Bees
Butterflies
Pest controlChinese flowering green. Harvest with yellow flower buds for sweetest flavour. Entire plant edible — stem, leaves, flowers. Essential in Chinese cooking.
🐛 Prone to: Caterpillars, Aphids, Flea beetles.
Attract Parasitic wasps, Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybirds, Ground beetles to keep them in check — plant African Marigold, Angelica and Anise nearby.
🌼 Beneficial companion — draws Hoverflies, Parasitic wasps that help control Aphids, Whitefly, Thrips, Caterpillars, Flea beetles, Colorado potato beetle, Stink bugs, Leaf miners on neighbouring plants.
Moist, fertile, well-draining
Brassica rapa subsp. rapa
vegetableA fellow Brassicaceae — similar growing habits to Choy Sum
