Best time to plant chinese cabbage in Albany
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
Also called Wombok, Napa cabbage, Celery cabbage, Hakusai, Baechu
Sow chinese cabbage in Albany in All year.
Chinese cabbage, widely called wombok in Australia, is a leaf vegetable that began near Beijing and is now common across East Asian cooking. Its Mandarin name means 'big white vegetable', setting it apart from the smaller bok choy. Crops are now raised well beyond Asia, including in Australia.
When to sow in Albany
Albany, WA is in the temperate zone. Its months for chinese cabbage apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Albany
Frost usually arrives in Albany around mid July and finishes by early August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early June or as late as mid September, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly or raise seedlings
- Sowing depth
- 12mm
- Plant spacing
- 45cm
- Row spacing
- 45cm
- Height
- 45cm
- Germination
- About 14 days
- Time to harvest
- 91 days from sowing
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.