Today, learn the 7 pechay growing period. Pechay grows well in the Philippines. This kind of vegetable is very easy to plant. This need more water as usual. It needs also fertilizer to grow well. And another thing is more sunlight.

When it gets those factors then it will grow better. But the question is how many days does pechay grows before you can harvest or in another term what is pechay growing period?

So, what is the pechay growing period? The pechay growing period takes more than 30 days before you can harvest the vegetable. It takes 3 to 6 days to germinate the seeds and almost a month before you can harvest the pechay vegetable.

Pechay Growing Period

1. Week 1

During the first week of planting pechay vegetable, the seeds will start to germinate. Oftenly the seeds of pechay is being growth inside the seedbox or seed tray.

After growing it on a seedbox it will start to germinate. Usually it takes 3 to 6 days in order for seeds to produce roots and small leaves. A tiny leaves will appear as if you try to observe.

2. Week 2

The next pechay growin period is during the week 2 of planting pechay, it will grow better. This week you will transplant the pechay seedlings into its final designation.

You need to prepare well your gardens plot and after that you will plant the pechay seedlings. You need to get some trowel and container. You will put the seedlings inside the container and after that you will go to your gardens plot.

Tip in getting the seedlings from the seedbox. You must water it first so that you can easily remove those seedlings. When the soil is moist you can break the soil easily. And because of that you can remove those seedlings easily.

3. Week 3

During the week 3 you will see a bigger pechay leaves. You must apply more water so that you will see a much better result. You must put also some organic fertilizer so that it will grows better and healthier. The fertilizer makes the pechay leaves bigger and more green in color.

In putting the organic fertilizer you need to just put it on the base of the vegetable. After few days you will see that the leaves will grow well.

4. Week 4

This is a the transition period where the pechay plants turn to a vegetable where you can cook it. The parts of the pechay continues to grow. And every part of it continues to hardening. This is the week where you can see a lot of changes.

You need to see for the pest that may attack. Remove them if you see some and need to apply organic pesticides if you see more pests. Yes there are organic pesticides which is good in gardening.

The one example of the organic pesticides is the pepper. It is being mix to the sprayer with water and spray it to the plants.

5. Week 5

This is a period where you can start harvesting pechay. During this week the 30 days process is being completed. The leaves of the pechay are enough and have a right sizes. This has a great in color and it is capable to cook.

Harvesting a pechay vegetable can be done in two ways. One is to get one to four leaves every pechay or get the whole pechay and uproot it. If you have many pechay, you can uproot a pechay but when you have a small size pechay garden you can get one to four leaves per pechay.

6. Week 6

During this week you can continues to harvest pechay leaves. During this time the leaves of the pechay continues to hardening and it grows bigger. You can observe that the leaves turn to more dark green and makes crispy. The stalk is color white and it is also makes more hard.

The pechay also grows taller. It needs more sunlight and more water in order to grow into its maximum. You need to apply more water so that it will grow better.

7. Week 7+

This week is the period where the pechay vegetable started to mature its flower and turn it into seeds. This is a way of making pechay seeds out of the flower.

Pechay produces seeds during this stage. The seeds of the pechay are small and black in color. This is the way of creating seeds.

Thank you for reading this article about pechay growing period. Hope this help you even as little information as possible. Thank you and good day.

Today, learn what is the pechay planting distance. Vegetables are different. There are vegetable leaves, there are also vegetable that bear fruits. Some of them are vines some of them are not.

But these vegetables are being planted in the soil. It needs some factors and some thing to keep in mind. Like what is the pechay planting distance.

So, what is the pechay planting distance? The pechay planting distance is around 6 to 8 inches apart. This is a best pechay plant space so that the vegetable will grow well in its maximum.

The pechay vegetable is one of the easiest vegetable to grow in a garden. This takes 30 days before you can make your first harvest. This is a kind of green leafy vegetables  in which the leaves are being eaten.

And for more tips on the growing pechay, hang on and read more information below about the pechay planting distance.

What is the Plant Spacing in Growing the Pechay Seed in Seed Box?

The pechay seeds are very small in size and it is color black. In germinating the pechay seeds in needs some thing to do to grow well. To grow pechay from seeds you need to put it first on a seed box or seed tray to start sprouting roots and producing leaves.

There are seed box that you can buy in the market and also there are DIY Seed box that you can make at home.

If you are using the seed box which you buy in the market, you can easily grow pechay from seed. Put one pechay seed per small container in the seed box. This way it will grow faster and easier to remove when you will undergo transplanting.

Or if you are using the seed box that made at home, put soil inside the box and then put the pechay seeds with a little bit space from each other maybe around 0.5 cm apart. This is a very hard to measure on the soil so just estimate and put the pechay seeds in which they will not group in a one place.

Why you need to put some pechay planting distance? When the seeds are close to each other, they will grow near to other seedlings. If that happen it is a little bit hard to remove them in the soil because they might be damage or cut.

So try to make a spacing when you are going to plant pechay.

What is the Pechay Planting Distance Growing in Plot?

The pechay plant distance is around 6 to 8 inches apart. When you have the pechay seedlings and you will start transplanting it to the plot you need to put some plant distance apart and 6-8 inches will be good.

Pechay continues to grow. And the leaves of it will continues to becomes bigger and bigger. The parts of the pechay like the stalk also becomes bigger and that's why you need to put some plant distance of the pechay vegetable.

In transplanting the pechay to the plot, you need to put some extra care. Removing pechay from seed box is easy but keep an extra care to prevent the pechay seedlings to be cut or to be damage.

When you remove the seedlings away from the seed box it might be cut its leaves and stop in growing.

What is the Pechay Planting Distance in Container?

Actually if you have small size container, you don't need to put plant space. When you are using the small container you just put one pechay seedlings per container. In that way the pechay will grow into the fullest.

But if you are growing pechay in bigger size container like drums or pales you can put also 6-8 inches apart. You can put four pechay seedlings in bigger container. And put more seedlings to more containers you have.

You must water it everyday, because growing pechay in container will be fast to drain the water inside. This is because of the sunlight and the soil is too shallow.

Put some fertilizer and the pechay will grow into its maximum growth.

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Today, learn the major pest of pechay. Plants and trees are prone to insect and pest. Pest destroy the plants by eating the fruits and its leaves. When that happen the growth of the plants is affected.

Because of that the harvest will become less and the price will decrease. Here is one vegetable that prone to pest and it is pechay vegetable. What is the major pest of pechay?

So, what are the major pest of pechay? The answer is the major pest of pechay are worms, diamondback moth and aphids.

How to Control This Pest on Pechay

The key is to apply pesticides to control this out. There is a natural way of controlling this pest. On a sprayer, put there slices of hot pepper. The hot pepper can destroy those pest. Spraying hot pepper extract
can control these pests.

You will get a sprayer and then put water inside at the same time put there the slices of peppers. And then start spraying it on the plants. Mostly pest live on the leaves so find the pest and then spray on it.

Why Pest Came on My Pechay Garden

Pechay is a vegetable. This is a green leafy vegetable so oftenly pest might attack anytime on your pechay garden.

Also when there are other plants near your garden. Those pest from it might go to your garden so you need to care more on your pechay vegetable.

Can Weather Cause of Pest

Probably yes. There are pests roaming around and more alive during rainy seasons. This pest are stronger and easily go and destroy the leaves of the pechay.

There are also pests in which they like more the sunny season. Most of the pest in the sunny season are those pest that fly, like bugs or grasshopper.

The main thing is when you see some of those pest, try to remove them as fast as you can. Don't let a day without removing them when you see some.

Tips to Make Pechay Free from Pest

1. Monitoring is the Key

When your garden is just in your front or back yard, you can easily look on it and see what are happenings. You can see how your vegetable grows.

To make sure your garden is free from pests, then oftenly monitor your garden and when pest are there remove it by your hands. Try to remove them if there are just few pest. But when the days come and you see that there are many pests on your garden that's the time to apply for pesticides.

2. Apply Pesticides

Pesticides can be in two forms. Organic or inorganic. Inorganic pesticides are pesticides in which it is made by machines in which it have substances or chemicals. While organic pesticides are made through the organic matters.

The main key is to apply pesticides especially when needed. You can buy synthetic pesticides in the market. Or make your own organic pesticides at home. As mentioned a while ago you can use peppers as pesticides.

The steps is very easy. Get a sprayer then put water inside and then get peppers and slice it. Then put the slices of peppers inside the sprayer and then wait for more few minutes before you can spray it on your vegetable.

3. Put some Fence

Not all pest are small. Dogs, chicken, cats, ducks and etc., can be also treated as a pest on your garden. They can destroy your garden by eating the leaves or destroying it by stepping on it. When that happen the plants might die and you need to be careful out.

So to protect your garden from those animals, you need to put some fence. Fence can protect your garden for long period. You can put some sticks around or make a close barb wire around the area of your garden. In that way you can assure that the plants are safe and you will not worry about the safety of the plants.

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