Pechay sometimes called bokchoy, Chinese cabbage, petsay, and pakchoi. This is very good to plant.
Pechay Leaves
What is pechay leaves?The pechay leaves are the part of the plant. This is color green when young and gets dark green when it reaches maturity stage. It is soft and smooth to touch It has a good to ordorless in smell. Also it is something bitter to taste.The pechay leaves is very important to the plant. Without it, the plants will not procedure it's food. When the sunlight hits the leaves, it will undergo to a process called photosynthesis. The sunlight will be converted into a food in which the plant consume in order for it to live.
Pechay Leaves Benefits
There are many pechay leaves health benefits to human, animal and also environment. Let's start to human. The pechay leaves have many vitamins and minerals. I cup (70g) of pechay leaves have 176mg of potassium, 3% Iron, 1.5g of carbohydrate, 0.7g of Fiber and 3% of Magnesium.There are many pechay recipes that being cooked and served. This is very good to our health since this vitamins and minerals are needed by our body. These minerals have good effects to human body to become healthy. Pechay is a green leafy vegetable so it is really good to humans health.
The animals are also beneficiary of those content. The environment is also a receiver since the leaves of it produces oxygen and it reduces carbon dioxide on air.
Pechay Leaves Curling
There are many reason of pechay leaves curling. There are many factors like low sunlight or too much fertilizer.Low Sunlight - having low or lack of sunlight may cause of curling of the leaves. The sunlight is very important to the plant. It is their food. So it is recommended to plant pechay where it can get atleast 4 hours of direct sunlight.
Too Much Fertilizer - lots of fertilizer especially the synthetic or inorganic fertilizer may also cause of curling of the leaves. Inroganic fertilizer are not natural, it has chemical in which it may have side effect to the plants. So be careful in applying fertilizer. It is good if you use or switch to organic ones.
Too Much Water - another reason of having a yellow pechay leaves is too much water. Well if you apply too much water it will cause a yellow leaves. This is because the roots will be moist at all the time and the bacterias and viruses on the soil will damage the roots.
When the roots are damage it will lead to a yellow leaves. Sometimes when it already happen it cannot be prevented.
So inorder for it to avoid, you must apply adequate and enough water. Try to manage your watering in a smart way. Make a right system of watering and try to use materials such as sprinkler or any watering tools that may help you in growing pechay vegetables.
Pechay Leaves Turning Yelllow
One problem plant growers facing is about pechay leaves turning yellow. This problem of the plant is the leaves tuns to yellow. There are many factors why this happen. One reason is low sunlight the sunlight plays an important role to the growth of the plant. The sunlight is the food of the plant.When the plant is not getting enough sunlight it will cause of having a yellow leaves. To solve this problem, grow pechay in open space where it can get atleast 4 hours of direct sunlight. Avoid growing pechay in shaded places.
Another reason is too much fertilizer. Fertilizer is also causing if yellow leaves. Those fertilizer which are chemical caused this. To solve this, apply enough fertilizer and becareful in applying. Also try to move to organic farming which is very good to do.