#34: Grow Choy Sam From Seed

Gave them 6 hours of artificial light at night.

Let the outdoor seedling get some morning and evening sun. Try to avoid afternoon at the moment.

So far both indoor and outdoor pots are growing equally well.

One of the outdoor pot has purple stem.

It seems the pot using Baba Seedling Mix (coco peat) are growing much better than another pot in Baba Vegimix.

Bring the indoor plant out for some morning sun. Will need to transplant them soon.

Transplant a pot with 3 seedlings to individual pots, as it seems too crowded.

Keep in shaded area to avoid transplant shock.

Move them out from the shades. Seems to be doing alright.

Transplant second pot of Choy Sam as it seems crowded.

Added some coffee grounds to the remaining pots which are still small.

Experiment with fertilizer

• 1 pot with organic fertilizer
• 1 pot with coffee grounds
• 1 pot with no fertilizer

The plant seems pretty small after 30 days (about 6-8cm tall).

The organic fertilizer and coffee grounds applied 10 days ago didn't show any significant difference.

The last two Choy Sam is doing well in their seedling mix.

Fertilize with Organic Fertilizer / Coffee Grounds, Egg Shell, Larvie Frass, Banana Peel. Planned fertilization twice a week.

Quite a number of yellow leaves: I am still not sure is it overwatering, underwater inge or lack of nutrients.

Trying home-made enzyme fertilizer.

The seedling in seedling pot is actually doing much better the one in transplanted pot.

Does it means the transplant soil is not suitable?

Transplant the last two remaining seedlings into bigger pot.

Soil and Compost (1:1), some perlite and coco peat, with a bit of larvie frass / vermicast and egg shell.

Experiment with Soil 1 (Baba Vegimix) and Soil 2 (Baba Green Mary).

Experiment with compost topping on biggest plant.

Fertilize every two weeks: organic fertilizer, coffee grounds, larvie frass / vermicast, egg shell.

The last batch of transplant didn't do well in new pot. Didn't grow much in size, and suffer from yellowing of leaves.

It seems like the compost and fertilizer didn't help the plant.

One of the Choy Sum flowered, while being only 12cm tall. My mom said the vege is getting old.

Harvest some Choy Sum outer leaves. This is as big as it gets for this batch.

Choy Sam flowering, and show sign of dying off.

One of the Choy Sum which had flowered is dying (probably due to matured age). Going to harvest it for its stem.

Harvested some other Choy Sum leaves as well.

Another plant dying.

Harvest some vege leaves before they turn old.

It seems like this is a far as it goes with these Choy Sum, as they are most likely to die if I continue to grow them. I decide to harvest all of them.

My Choy Sum size is way too small, let's see if I can do better next time.

I notice Bak Choy can grow much longer as compared to Choy Sum.

Previously I made a mistake thinking these were Bak Choy, but they were actually Choy Sum.

These are the last 3 of this batch.

Harvest one of them as it is flowering and getting old.

The last 2 Choy Sam, will not grow any further.