Asian Greens List

Bok Choy: (Pak Choi) is a very popular Asian Green found in grocery stores. You can grow; Pak Choi, Purple Boy Choy, Baby Bok Choy etc. There are 2 common types of BOK CHOY - 1. Larger White Stemmed 2. Smaller Green Stemmed “Shanghai” Both Types come in Baby Choi size. The smaller Baby Choy is tender and milder.

This site promotes growing vegetables to the smaller baby leaf stage because the smaller tender leaves have more nutrients. In the Bok Choy selection you can grow the Baby Bok Choy to the mature stage because they grow fast and stay small and tender. The designation of Baby Bok Choy is not a separate type but a size classification. These small, tender Chois can be eaten raw in salads.

Other ASIAN GREENS you can grow in your indoor garden. The Daikon Greens, are the tops of the Daikon Radish, popular in Japanese cooking. Celtuce is a Chinese Stem Lettuce. In Asia the green tops of Celtuce are thrown away and the fibrous stems are eaten raw in salads or sliced and stir fried. Another Asian Green is the Water Spinach, a semi-aquatic spinach also referred to as a type of watercress. Water Spinach is a good source of Vitamins A, C and several B vitamins.