Hi everyone, long time no talk! My garden is growing strong this year, especially my luscious spaghetti squash and cucumbers – for some reason they are big, bulky and doing great!
What is NOT doing great is my pac choi (bokchoy). This has actually happened for the last two seasons but I have not been able to figure out a cure. The pac choi I’m using is dwarf white stemmed pac choi from West Coast Seeds.
Every time I grow these guys, this happens: 
I water consistently, and I do get edible leaves but the stems are very skinny so as soon as they bolt, I pick the leaves and then the plant seems to be done – so I pull it out.
Any suggestions for me? Do you grow any Asian vegetables such as pac choi? I have been growing more and more Asian veggies(my fiance is Chinese!) and I totally love them – they taste delicious and are easy to use in my cooking. I can’t wait to hear from you guys!
nannygrannie 
Bok choi is a cool season vegetable. If it’s become hot in your area, that’s why. I had the same thing happen with mine. It likes spring and fall, summer – not so much!
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Thank you! I thought it was cool enough, but it seems that I was wrong, haha. I will try it again in September perhaps.
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I had great success with growing bok choy from seed when I planted it in the beginning of May. The following year I slacked off and planted the seeds in the beginning of June. That didn’t work out so well — they bolted early because of the heat. I’ve never been able to have a successful fall harvest because the weather drops off in late September. I suspect that if you start indoors and then plant them outside in the late summer you’ll be okay.
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Bolting is how a plant makes seeds before it dies, and usually thinks it’ll die soon because of warming temperatures.
Depending on your climate, you’ll want to play with sowing it a few weeks or few months earlier, or try it as a fall plant.
I’m in Central Texas and can’t follow most instructions that are based on when to sow things unless they are written by folks in Central Texas, ha!
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