Bolting chard and pak choi

[Normans Mum]

Despite watering, both my chard and pak choi have bolted. I haven't dug any of the plants up, just cut the tips off as the plants themselves are quite big. Will they resprout or am I better just getting rid ? I can't bear wasting anything though, to be honest. The tops I cut off went in as stir fry.

[pdblake]

I had two rows of pak choi. One row bolted and is now in the compost and the other is still growing away fine. My chard is fine, is small, but the spinach is a goner too

[bario1]

My spinach sown about 6 weeks ago has bolted. Chard i sowed a couple of weeks back is looking good, and i've just sown pak choi - i think it does better from Spring and Autumn sowings, but i thought i'd chance it.

[Bren In Pots]

My Chard bolted the other week I cut out the middle stem and new leaves soon appeared.

[Kirk]

Pak-Choi is odd, being "tropical" it is used to days and nights of almost equal length. Presently our days as too long and the nights are too short. So it either gets confused and/or panics and bolts.

The most successful time would/should therefore be around late August and into Sept when they are more equal.

Will say I have had no real luck with it at any time, but have not got round to trying a late summer/Autum sowing.

The other equinox (March) is most likely too cold.

[vegnut]

I sowed Pak Choi last August and it was fine and didn't bolt. I had more problems with flea beetle.

[chris]

Pal choi is more of. Cool weather plant. Sow it again in August... In Succession

[The Allotment Shed]

Pal choi does not like unpredictable English summers so its better to sow them later in the year. Late August is good for them as they don't really appreciate full sun and long days.
Traditionally in their 'original' climate then equal ish day and night light patterns suit them well.

[salome2001]

I've sown Yuushoi F1 pak choi: supposed to be bolt resistant: it has bolted, but only once its been quite mature. Still tasted fine in stirfry. The younger baby sized pak chois haven't bolted yet.

[Mr Bones]

Once chard has bolted it will try to bolt again. Keep picking all the leaves you can but you'll have to get more seed planted to continue the supply.

[Normans Mum]

yes, thought as much.... ah well... if I don't get a chance to resow there's plenty of other stuff waiting to take its place !

[Jono]

Pak choi is better sown in August. Its quite hardy and will last into the winter.

My chard has bolted too. Normally this is the most trouble free crop I grow. I chopped the tops off a few weeks back but the plants have bolted again.

Going to dig it all up at the weekend and try again.

[alldigging]

Some of my chard has bolted.
Lots of stuff is going to seed before I thnk it should

[Normans Mum]

Well, I've decided to start again with the chard and Pak Choi... I have a Choi that does flower and you can eat all of the plant apparently... meanwhile, I have lovely lettuces to go in their place and I might squeeze in a couple of courgette plants.