It’s four weeks today since my first vegetable sowing, and there are some standout early starters.
Choi sum is up and going; it’s used as flowering stems.
Bok choi is looking good too; it’s used as little cabbages. Behind it is Wom bok, the tall chinese cabbage.
And also a Brassica, Mibuna is looking like it will be ready to pick for salads in a couple more weeks.
Some vegetables that I expected to be quicker, particularly the radishes, are still coming along, although looking good. The bed was very hastily prepared, and not manured until I put some liquid cow manure on this week, so I didn’t have great expectations. They would all benefit I’m sure from more fertiliser and some lime in the soil. Some compost would be good too, but that is going to take a while longer to prepare, so it will be a good comparison to see whether yields change as I get a chance to re-work the beds.