5 Parts of Pechay

Pechay is common vegetables planted in the Philippines. This is the fastest vegetable to harvest in more or less 45 days. This grows well in the tropical countries in which there are high source of sunlight. But today let us learn the parts of pechay.

So, what are the five parts of pechay? The parts of pechay are the pechay seeds, the pechay leaves, the pechay, roots, the pechay stalk, and the pechay flower.

1. Pechay Seeds

The pechay seeds is a part of pechay in which it is where the vegetable grows. The pechay seeds characteristics are small and color black.

It looks like a tiny pieces of soil which hard to see when it falls to the ground. The pechay seeds use to grow the vegetables. The seeds cost around $1 per pack. Each pack has many seeds around 100+ seeds.

Germinating pechay seeds is easy. Just get a seed tray or seed box, then put some soil in each container. After that put the seeds, cover with soil, and water it after. Few days it will start germinating.

2. Pechay Leaves

The pechay leaves is a part of a pechay in which it makes food of the plant. When the sunlight hits the leaves, it makes a production in which the sunlight go inside the leaves and it process to serve as food.

More sunlight will gives more healthier and bigger size leaves. The sunlight is one major factor of having a healtheir pechay. The sunlight serves as vitamins to the plant in which it grows well.

The leaves characteristics are like an oval to round shape, it is smooth, and the leaves are color green. This part is prone to pest like worm in which they destroy it through eating the leaves.

3. Pechay Roots

The pechay roots is a part of pechay in which it sends water and minerals to the plant. The roots also support the pechay to stand and grows on the soil.

The nutrients content on the soil was going inside the roots and transfer it to every parts of the plants. This part also is the main entrance in which when the fertilizer is being applied, the roots will get it first.

The roots of the pechay characteristics are soft, small, and short.

4. Pechay Stalk

The pechay stalk is a part of the pechay leaves. When you see the pechay vegetable, it is the part of the leaves mainly the color white.

It is the base of the leaves and the major body of pechay. This makes the plant strong as it supports all the leaves well.

Through the stalks, the vitamins and minerals coming from the soil is being transfer to the leaves. The foods also produce of the leaves sends to the pechays body and to the roots.

5. Pechay Flower

The pechay flower is a part of pechay in which it turns to seed after. The flower has a beautiful appearance when we see it. This is small but it is attractive. This part grows a little bit few cm.

It is hard to get seeds if you are beginner. But the expert in agriculture know how. If we learn how it was done probably it will be more easy for us to grows easily a pechay vegetable.

That's are the parts of the pechay and hope you learn somerthing with us.

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