Cultivars
Table 6.2. Cabbage cultivars.
Green Red Savoy
Bravo (H) Expat (H) Cairo Clarissa (H)
Bronco (H) Grand Vantage (H) Garnet (H) Melissa (H)
Bruno (H) Ramada (H) Red Dynasty (H) Savoy Ace (H)
Capture (H) Superstar (H) Red Hawk (H) Savoy King (H)
Cheers (H) Red Jewel (H)
Rio Grande (H)
Table 6.3. turnip cultivars.
Broccoli Brussels Sprout Collards Kale Mustard Turnip Turnip Greens
DuraPak 19 (H)* Dagan (H) Bermeo Bull Dog (H) Blue Ridge (H) Florida Broad Leaf Just Right (H) Top Star (H)
Eastern Crown (H) Marte (H) Flamenco Flash (H) Darkibor (H) Green Wave Purple Top Topper (H)
Emerald Crown (H) Majestic (H) Georgia Starbor (H) Red Giant Royal Crown (H) All Top (H)
Green Magic (H) Whistler (H) Hi Crop (H) Vates Southern Giant Curled Southern Green
Imperial (H) White Passion (H) Top Bunch (H) Winterbor (H) Tendergreen
Packman (H) Vates
H = hybrid, * = for northeast Florida
Asian Crucifers
The term “Asian Crucifers” is a broad category which encompasses Asian
crucifer vegetables grown in the countries that comprise Asia and those
eaten mainly by people of Asian extraction or who like Asian cuisine. Since
many of the Asian crucifers which are described in this chapter belong to the
crucifer family that are covered in depth of this chapter in this volume, that
information will not be duplicated elsewhere.
This group of Asian crucifer vegetables include crops with edible leaves
like cabbage, broccoli, and bok choi but also kohlrabi, with an edible swollen
stem, and daikon, which is an edible root. These crops can be grown on
raised beds with or without mulch and with drip, overhead, or subsurface
irrigation. Fertilizer recommendations for these crops can be found in chapter
2, Fertilizer Management for Vegetable Production in Florida, for general
information. For pest-control products, these crops are included under this
chapter, with the exception of daikon.
Table 6.4. Planting information for Asian crucifers.
Planting dates Chinese broccoli Chinese cabbage Chinese mustard Daikon
North Florida Aug - Feb Aug - Feb Aug - Feb Sept - Mar
Central and South Florida Sept - Apr Sept - Apr Sept - Apr Sept - Apr
Planting information
Number of rows/
44-inch wide beds (6-ft centers)
3-4 2-3 4 3 (fall/spring); 4 (winter)
Distance between rows (in) 11 14 or 24 14 - mustard
11 - others (below)
11
Distance between plants (in) 3-5 14-18 12-18 (mustard); 8-12
(Shanghai/choy sum); 6-10 (baby bok choy);
2-4 (u-choy)
6-9
Seeding depth (in) 0.25 – 0.5 0.25 – 0.5 0.25 – 0.5 0.25
Plant populations (acre) 116,160 18,671 29,040 (mustard); 43,560
(Shanghai/choy sum); 58,080 (baby bok choy);
174,240 (u-choy)
58,080
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