{"product_id":"tokyo-bekana","title":"Tokyo Bekana","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmall Chinese cabbage for baby greens and for bunching. Great mild lettuce flavor with a slight hint of peppery taste. It is both cold-tolerant and heat-tolerant, so it can fill your greens gap in the summer when lettuce would start wilting. Chinese cabbages were first grown and improved in China. Japanese soldiers returned home with seeds after the Russo-Japanese war in the turn of the 20th Century. Tokyo Bekana is believed to be a selection from these early Chinese cabbages, and is still grown in rural Japan today (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.specialtyproduce.com\/produce\/Tokyo_Bekana_Cabbage_6677.php\"\u003eread more from Specialty Produce here\u003c\/a\u003e). Popular with astronauts in space (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2017\/02\/astronauts-international-space-station-harvest-chinese-cabbage\/\"\u003eread more here\u003c\/a\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThank you to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/patchfarm.me\"\u003ePatch Farm\u003c\/a\u003e of Denmark, Maine for the photo!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDays to maturity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 21 baby, 45 bunching\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeeds per pack:\u003c\/strong\u003e 175-190\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGermination rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 93% on 10\/31\/2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePlanting \/ harvesting notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeed every 1\" in rows 8-12\" apart, 1\/4-1\/2\" deep. Keep watered until germination. Thin to every 6-12\" for full heads, or treat as cut-and-come-again baby greens. Harvest baby greens after 21 days, or allow plant to mature in 45 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSeed keeping notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsolate by 1\/2 mile from other flowering members of B. rapa, including turnips, napa cabbage, mizuna, and bok choy to avoid unwanted cross-pollination. Allow seed pods to turn brown and dry before seed harvest. Protect from birds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobacco Road Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32975386869895,"sku":"BRA-010","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2406\/3467\/products\/Tokyo_Bekana_use_this.jpg?v=1583260561","url":"https:\/\/trueloveseeds.sbs\/products\/tokyo-bekana","provider":"Truelove Seeds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}