Growing Pak Choy, also Pak choi

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23 Dec 11 Keith Goodwin (Australia - temperate climate)
Can someone explain the difference between pak choy and bok choy
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02 Feb 12 Jen (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Keith, the names from Chinese translated should really read Bahk Choi Bahk = white Choic - Cabbage! so thats the one with the white base, And re nibblers, if you have the time you can also just turn the leaves over, and you may find tiny white spots, they are the babies of the white butterfly that will eat and make the "holes" I just rub them off, if they have gotten under the mozzie netting.
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03 Jan 12 Tim McGrath (Australia - temperate climate)
I have grown both at Tocumwal. I have found Pak Choi has a very short season here, presumably because of our very warm climate (very short and mild winter). Bok Choy (grown from bought seedlings) has a much longer season here and in my opinion is a much better veg. Pak Choy has a loose and untidy habit, Bok Choy has a tighter habit and more succulent leaves and stems. Bok Choy has very light green stems. Pak Choy has white stems. (I did aquire some Red Pak Choy seeds from Diggers Club. Better than white and longer season, but far short of Bok Choy on all counts.). I bought some "Bok Choy seeds" a few months ago. I don't know what they were, but they were not Bok Choy. I guess the commercial plant nurseries have a monolpy on the seed.
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