How to Transplant Bok Choy Plants

Bok choy (Brassica rapa var. chinensis), also known as pak choy, is a cool season vegetable belonging to the cabbage family. This mild-flavor vegetable adds color and texture to oriental cooking. Bok choy is a biennial, which is grown as an annual. Varieties can reach up to 24 inches tall, spreading 18 inches wide. Plant seeds inside four weeks before transplanting outside in the early spring or late summer.

Shovel
Well-rotted compost
Rake
Hand trowel

Instructions

- 1
  Remove weeds from the planting site, which should be located in an area with full to partial sun exposure with at least six hours of direct sunlight. If growing during the summer, plant the bok choy in part shade to prevent the plants from over-heating and bolting. Loosen the soil with a shovel to the depth of 12 inches.
- 2
  Spread 4 inches of well-rotted compost into the loosened soil. Bok choy does not need fertilizing if the soil in the planting site is amended. Rake the soil smooth and level.
- 3
  Dig holes only as deep at the root balls with a hand trowel, spaced 6 to 12 inches apart. Smaller varieties, like baby bok choy, are spaced closer together. Remove the bedding plant from the container and place the root ball into the hole. Fill the hole with soil and firm it around the root ball. Plant the bok choy in rows 18 to 30 inches apart.

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