Crop: Pak Choi (Brassica rapa)

Use/Type: Standard

Breeder: Andrew Still Adaptive Seeds and the Seed Ambassadors Project

OSSI Pledge Date: 12/5/2016

Release Date: 12/5/2016

Bred for Organic Systems: Yes

Commercial Availability: Yes

Variety Type: Finished Variety

Description

Sweet and crunchy green-stemmed baby pak choi. Impressively vigorous in the cool weather and it really shined in our greenhouse. Pak choi is a very good choice as a greenhouse/ hoophouse crop in the spring and fall. Produces a lot of food fast per square foot. Leaves are erect and glossy green color. The leaf petioles are crunchy yet pliable and resist cracking. Slow to bolt and nicely holds a medium-small size. Luck Dragon is currently an F2, which refers to the second year after dehybridization, but there was little apparent variability to be seen in our test seeding. I wonder how that happened? However, we did cross in a tiny bit of mizuna into the population for our later plant breeding escapades. We will continue to select it for general reliability & taste. In the mean time, it is off to an excellent start.

Availability from OSSI Seed Company Partners

• Adaptive Seeds