Chinese cabbage Atsuko

Brassica pekinensis L.

A variety of Chinese cabbage that makes an extremely large, oval heads. The leaves are light green and the heads are firm and thick. It is suitable for both farmers and amateur producers. The cabbage has pleasantly full and intense flavour. 

The most suitable time for sowing is the first week of August, but we can also sow it from the end of July to the end of August. If we sow it too early, it will blossom. 

Chinese cabbage does not do well if we make a seedling and then plant it. Therefore we sow it directly to a permanent place.

The heads are usually formed in November, but can also be harvested during the first frost as it tolerates temperatures to -5 °C. If the temperatures get lower, we must harvest it and store it in a cool place till consuption. We can also store Chinese cabbage in cold place, if we wrap individual heads in newspaper.