My Vegetable Pechay
By Tokz
@ilocosboy (45156)
Philippines
November 14, 2017 10:59pm CST
They're grown now and just right to harvest. Actually yesterday I took few leaves of pechay and put it to my soup based beef broth. That was my first harvest of the vegetable.
Its nice when you have vegetable backyard gardening because you can always have something to pick when your fridge is empty. The good thing of your own garden is that you can grow it according to your preference. If you want it to be organic, you can always do it.
Next day I will gather some leaves of pechay again.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Nov 17
Yes I love having a garden too.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
15 Nov 17
What do you usually plant in your garden? Mine include tomatoes, okra and eggplant.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
15 Nov 17
Its really fun to have vegetable garden around the house
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Nov 17
i really love this leafy vegetable. when i was not sick of RHD, i would cook this with a can of local sardines, and put much broth in it. until i knew dark green leafy vegetables were not allowed for me, i had to just eat the stalks.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Nov 17
@ilocosboy any vegetables as long as it is not green and leafy type.
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Nov 17
Oh okay, katuday is good for you then, also the purple string beans.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
15 Nov 17
are there any vegetables that is good for you?
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 Nov 17
I unfortunately do not have a veggie patch anymore but I agree it's the best way to eat organic veggies.
This looks like spinach but I guess not...Some difference
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
15 Nov 17
If I'm not mistaken the English term as Chinese cabbage.
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@YrNemo (20255)
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15 Nov 17
I wish I could do something similar. The weather here could be harsh suddenly, that end up killing almost anything green and not in giant tree form (the very hot wind from the desert about 45degrees C, 113F! Imagine having that sort of winds for a few days every week for a few weeks!)
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
15 Nov 17
that could really wither subsequently dying the plants, its too hot for the vegetables to grow. You will some greenhouse to grow them, but greenhouse could be so costly.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
That is so expensive there,
I water the plant only once a day particularly in the afternoon.
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@YrNemo (20255)
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15 Nov 17
@ilocosboy We checked the cost, a small one already close to the thousand dollars (US) mark. Too ridiculous! Yet we saw some Chinese overseas students's parents, lovingly planting plants from seeds, and covered the young plants with newspapers. Quite hilarious but the plants did grow to our surprise. (They had to water the plants several times a day during warm weather!)
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
15 Nov 17
Maybe this is one good thing of living in the rural, we can just grow the vegetable we want to have.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
If there are pests eating the leaves you can plant garlic or onions in between
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@aureliah (24316)
• Kenya
15 Nov 17
@ilocosboy And pick them whenever you want. they are not fed with pesticides.
@allknowing (136541)
• India
16 Nov 17
We do not have those leaves here and anyway I do not grow vegetable but fruits.
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@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
@ilocosboy wow, that must be so delicious. my mom uses dried leaves as fertilizer though, what do you use?
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
there is a compost pit that I made and there I got the soil with dried leaves and animal waste.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
15 Nov 17
that is really healthy, I have grown it from my garden, I used organic fertilizer for it and the only time I used manufactured fertilizer is in the basal.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Nov 17
I experience planting and harvesting pechay in our front yard. It's a happy experience
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
Its always good to pick from your own garden.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
Cabbage is the generic name though other country call it pak choi.
@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
15 Nov 17
that looks like our local Pak choy veggie, except the leaves are smaller
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
Its always a great feeling to be in your own garden.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
yeah that is a good hobby for you. Right now I am spending one fourth of my day in the garden.
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@tusziget (323)
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16 Nov 17
@ilocosboy
Totally agree.I would like to have my own garden.I think,I would be spending half of my free time in the garden.
@Letranknight2015 (51969)
• Philippines
15 Nov 17
I ENVY YOU, my okra doesn't have pods yet and for some reason the dog already chew out of its leaves
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
Yes only few leaves so you can have more leaves the next harvest
@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
15 Nov 17
I like this vegetable garden very much. When we were living in a province we were maintaining a good variety of vegetables as well as green leaves. We were not even maintaining any fridge. The city life has changed the life totally.
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
15 Nov 17
This is the reason why until I prefer rural living instead of city life.
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
This is my actual plant of petchay. Its not advisable to use insecticide. Try this tactic: plant onions or garlic in between the cabbage.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
onions and garlic is also the natural anti-pest control
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@ladymug (32)
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16 Nov 17
@ilocosboy Thank you for that tip. I will try it when I'll plant pechay again. I was thinking is it useful because the onions are considered natural antibiotics?
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
Yeah but there are variants of it like lettuce, bok choi and collard greens
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