Green leafy vegetable Chicken Cabbage (Chinese Cabbage) is a green vegetable? Can I eat it raw? When will it be ready? How do you plant it? What's the difference between Shanghai Green and Shanghai Green?

Chicken hair cabbage, also known as pakchoi, green cabbage, etc., is the seedling of cruciferous cabbage, which is more common in Shanghai. It has the effects of treating constipation and lung heat cough, so many people like to eat it. Is it green vegetable? Can I eat it raw? When will it be ready? How do you plant it? What's the difference between Shanghai Green and Shanghai Green?

Chicken feather is actually Chinese cabbage, alias: Chinese cabbage, green cabbage, rape. It is the common name of cruciferous plant pakchoi, which is rich in vitamins and has the function of relieving mental tension, so it is favored by consumers and has high planting efficiency.

Can I eat it raw?

No. Because chicken hair cabbage is cold, so people with cold spleen and stomach and thin stools are not suitable to eat more, and chicken hair vegetable should not be eaten raw. Chicken hair vegetable can be cooked or fried, or it can be made into vegetable soup or cold dressing. Use chicken hair to make dishes, stir-fry, cooking time should not be too long, so as not to lose nutrition. Chicken hair cabbage can only be refrigerated for 2-3 days after wrapping, and can be slightly prolonged for 1-2 days if the two roots are stored together.

Planting time:

Rabdosia angustifolia can be planted in all seasons, generally spring planting in the greenhouse from early November to late February, summer planting from April to August, and autumn and winter planting from August to November.

Planting techniques:

1. Variety selection: heat-resistant varieties are generally selected in summer cultivation, such as heat-resistant 605, summer holly, Zhengda Kangreqing No. 1, Anti-Reqing No. 3 and so on.

2. Soil preparation: summer planting is in typhoon, rainstorm, high temperature and drought season, so it is necessary to build deep ditches and high beds to facilitate irrigation and drainage.

3. Sowing: in the hot season, the sunshade net should be covered from sowing to seedling emergence. Due to the dry weather, the bottom water should be watered the day before sowing, sow after water seepage, and keep the border surface moist before sowing. Due to the hot and dry climate, it is appropriate to sow more seeds in summer, generally sowing seeds 2-4kg per mu.

4. Field management: planting Rabdosia angustifolia in summer is generally topdressing twice. For the first time, urea 5kg was applied per mu after cotyledon expansion, and urea 10kg was applied after two true leaves appeared for the second time. Watering should grasp the principles of light watering and diligent watering, and must not be flooded. Watering is best before 8: 00 a.m. or after 5: 00 p.m. Insect pests include aphids, cabbage insects, Plutella xylostella, yellow striped jumping beetles, etc., which can be controlled alternately with Amelo, Caixi and other pesticides.

5. Harvest: in summer, Rabdosia angustifolia was harvested 20-25 days after sowing, the yield per mu was about 750kg.

The difference between Shanghai Green and Shanghai Green:

Chicken hair is a green leafy vegetable, cruciferous plant pakchoi (Brassica chinensis) seedlings of the common name, this name is more common in Shanghai. Can treat lung heat cough, constipation, erysipelas, lacquer sores and other diseases. Children lack calcium, soft bones, bald, can be boiled with Chinese cabbage soup with salt or sugar to make it drink, often eat quite beneficial. Chinese cabbage contains vitamin B1, vitamin B6, pantothenic acid and so on, which has the function of relieving mental tension.

Chicken feather is a common name for the seedlings of cruciferous plant Brassica chinensis, which is the most common in Shanghai.

Chicken hair cabbage, also known as green cabbage, Chinese cabbage, Shanghai green, is a variety of cruciferous vegetable Chinese cabbage, is one of the vegetables rich in vitamins and minerals, and it is the tender seedling of Chinese cabbage, which is more tender in taste and texture, and tastes fragrant. It is a kind of vegetable that the public especially likes.

Rabdosia angustifolia is native to China and is cultivated all over the country, with the most widely planted in the south, supplied all the year round, and the most in spring and summer.