Description - A crucifer, related to cabbage and broccoli. The most common form of Chinese cabbage has a cylindrical tight head 4 inches thick and up to 18 inches long. Outer leaves are light green with a white midrib. The inner leaves are creamy yellow.
Chinese mustard has a loose head or rosette of dark green leaves.
The leaves are oblong or oval with shiny dark green blades and thick white petioles. Culture - Both are cool season crops. A spring crop can be grown from transplants set out in early spring. For the fall crop, sow seed 60 to 80 days before frost date for Chinese cabbages and 50 to 60 days before frost for Chinese mustard. Well drained, fertile, moist soil promotes the desirable rapid tender growth.