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'Toy Choy' Pak Choy
 
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Description: Miniature hybrid. 5-inch plants produce dark-green leaves with white petioles. Good for summer crops. Also known as 'Toy Choi'.
Days To Maturity: 30-35
Seed Sources: Totally Tomato - updated in 2011

 
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Overall: (2.7 Stars)Overall
Taste: (2.3 Stars)Taste
Yield: (2.7 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (3.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 01/23/2015 by Debbie L - An experienced gardener

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Orange, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Fast crop time.
 

Reviewed on 11/27/2009 by sacratomato70 - An experienced gardener

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California, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Attractive plants ideal for small spaces and containers. Leaves and stalks are very flavorful and great for cooking. However, this variety is quick to bolt in zone 9. I planted transplants in early October and harvested leaves in early November. In hope of a second crop, they bolted shortly after. I figure dwarf varieties are not ideal for producing continuous crops like the non-dwarf larger leafed varieties and the mild weather did not help. Will try again mid-winter when daytime conditions get cooler and stay in the upper 50's-low 60's.
 
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Reviewed on 11/07/2009 by greenpastures5 - An experienced gardener

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Oakland, Michigan, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

I tried a lot of new varieties in the garden this year and Toy Choi was one of them. I hate to judge anything too harshly since we had such a cold, wet spring, but this variety was a real disappointment. Interesting that the variety description above recommends a summer crop; my packaging says plant for early or fall crop. Maybe it would have done better later. As a spring crop, it was very stunted and bitter.
 
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