"ggull" > wrote in message
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> Is it worthwhile trying to find tatsoi?
> >
> > James Silverton
> > Potomac, Maryland, USA
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> As to whether it's worth it? I don't know if it's better than spinach,
but
> it is different and you might as well try it. It shouldn't be that hard
to
> find in your area

Ah my favourite 2 Chinese veg people on this newsgroup! ; ) where's... Dan?
i think it's Dan...

I've grown & eaten tatsoi... i think!? it was in a variety pack of Chinese
veg seeds & i can only guess that the one i'm referring to now (from memory)
is tatsoi... it's kind of like a small round-ish leaf version of bok choi
but w/o much of a big white stem, either that or i didn't water it enough &
it was stunted in growth. Tastes a little like bok choi but maybe more
'green' or maybe because it was fresh from the garden, who knows. Appearance
wise... looks like a single oval/round leaf bok choi about 2inches big. The
variety seed pack were sent to me as a free trial pack as i had bought
various seeds from the seed supplier including our good & elusive friend -
DaoMiu/peashoots. My verdict... i won't be buying any of these again as i've
learnt from my 3 years of growing them... it's too much work for a plate
full of veg! The only ones i might consider growing again is baby pak
choi/bok choi. These have a fairly quick turn around & if you stick to
watering & feeding them twice a day... you can get a good bumper crop in a
few months that might last quite a few meals. The more you feed these, the
bigger & juicier the stems are & in terms of growing patch vs how many bowls
of veg you get... it's a fairly good yield. You guys might have
remembered... i slaved over the DaoMiu & only got 1 plate of veg out of it!!

As for Tatsoi.. buy it & try it if you can find it but baby spinach or any
other young baby leaf veg will be fine.

My 2 shovel load compost worth of commentary... ; )

DC.