China Express Chinese Cabbage
Best reliable cabbage for home gardeners seeking consistent, bolt-resistant harvests.
Discover the China Express Chinese Cabbage, a hybrid variety from Territorial Seed Company, offering a mild, sweet, and tender crispness perfect for stir-fries or salads. This mid-season maturing cabbage, ready in 65-80 days, boasts excellent uniformity and good resistance to bolting, especially in spring plantings. Its vigorous plants produce tightly packed, barrel-shaped heads that weigh 4-5 pounds and can withstand mild freezes, providing harvest flexibility. This Japanese seed is also resistant to tip burn, ensuring quality produce for your garden.
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Botanical Name
Brassica rapa, Pekinensis Group
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Who it's for
- Gardeners in regions with short growing seasons
- Home cooks seeking versatile ingredients for diverse recipes
- Urban gardeners maximizing space in small garden beds
Who should skip it
- Gardeners living in areas with intense summer heat
- Beginners who prefer low-maintenance, pest-resistant crops
- Homesteaders looking for long-term root cellar storage
Performance breakdown
Bolting Resistance
Reliable performance in spring plantings keeps harvests productive and stress-free.
Harvest Uniformity
Consistent head development ensures a predictable and professional-looking garden yield.
Disease Resilience
Strong resistance to tip burn protects crop quality throughout the season.
Maturity Flexibility
The 65-80 day window offers a comfortable buffer for seasonal planning.
Field Holding
Heads remain stable and crisp even when harvest timing is delayed.
Climate Adaptability
Handles mild freezes well but requires careful management for extreme temperatures.
Key Specs
Botanical Name
Brassica rapa, Pekinensis Group
Days to Maturity
65-80 days
Seed Depth
0.635 cm
Seed Spacing
2.54 cm
Thin Plants to
12-18 inches
Row Spacing
45.72 cm
Minimum Germination Rate
75%
Seed Life
3 years
Features
- Mild, sweet, and tender crisp heads
- Good resistance to bolting
- Uniformity for consistent harvest
- Heads hold well in field
- Resistant to tip burn
- Vigorous plants mature mid-season
- Suitable for spring or fall crops
What customers say
Customers consistently praise the China Express Chinese Cabbage for its exceptional quality and reliable performance. Gardeners highlight the impressive germination rates and the speed at which the heads mature, often allowing for multiple harvests. The resulting cabbage is described as crisp, sweet, and perfect for various culinary uses. Its ability to resist bolting in warmer weather makes it a highly valued and easy to grow variety, confirming its reputation as a dependable choice for quick crops.
Know before you buy
This variety is a mid-season grower that typically reaches maturity in 65 to 80 days after planting.
Yes, China Express is suitable for both spring and fall crops. It is particularly valued for its resistance to bolting, which helps it perform well even when spring temperatures fluctuate.
You should sow seeds 2.54 cm apart and eventually thin the seedlings to 12–18 inches apart. Rows should be spaced approximately 45.72 cm apart to ensure adequate airflow and room for the heads to develop.
No, China Express is specifically bred to be resistant to tip burn, which helps ensure you get high-quality, usable heads even under varying growing conditions.
When fully mature, this variety produces vigorous, tightly packed, barrel-shaped heads that generally weigh between 4 and 5 pounds.
Yes, one of the benefits of this hybrid is that the heads hold well in the field and can even withstand mild freezes, giving you more flexibility in your harvest window.
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