Vegetables HO-187-W

Department of Horticulture
Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service West Lafayette, IN
Chinese Vegetables
Michael N. Dana*
Foreign cuisines are of great interest to the Ameri-
can cook, but high quality, authentic fresh ingredi-
ents are sometimes difficult to find. Authentic
Chinese cooking demands fresh vegetables which
may only be available to you if you grow them
yourself. Yet their use is not limited to Chinese
cuisine. Many can be used as substitutes in or tasty
additions to traditional American dishes.
The culture of most Chinese vegetables is not
complicated. Chinese types of beans, squash,
cucurbits (cucumber), and cole crops (broccoli,
cabbage) are closely related to their Western
counterparts and have similar cultural requirements
(Table 1).
Chinese Water Garden
The Chinese water garden is an exception to the
foregoing rule. Chinese lotus, water chestnuts, violet
stemmed taro, and arrowhead require a wet growing
environment, contrary to the conditions common-
place in American vegetable gardens. In the Orient,
these aquatic plants are grown in flooded rice
paddies.
You can simulate the conditions that these plants
require with a little innovation. A typical, approach is
to use a 25-gallon minimum capacity container for
water in which smaller plant containers are sub-
merged (except for lotus). The soil should be typical
garden soil, not a peat-containing potting mix. You
will also need to include some submerged oxygen-
ating plants (SOP) and goldfish. The latter will help
keep the water clear and insect free, and will be
attractive in the water garden. SOP provide extra
oxygen, which otherwise might be a limiting factor in
a water environment. Prop the smaller plant contain-
ers up on bricks or rocks so the soil line is the
proper depth below the water surface. Table 2
gives detailed cultural information on each crop.
* This publication was originally co-authored by James Simon.
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