Tropical Delight Chinese Cabbage: Characteristics
Tropical Delight chinese cabbage is an F1 hybrid chinese cabbage variety, also sold or known as Tropical Delight F1 or Tropical Delight wombok. It is not a registered variety, so the facts here come from its seller and farm sources. It comes from Allied Botanical (Condor brand).
The average and top yields in tonnes per hectare come from the trials each variety went through to be registered with the NSIC, and from what the seed companies say about their own seed.
What farmers harvest today can be different. Newer harvest records, the season, the place, the soil, the water and the care all move these numbers over time.
So use them to compare varieties, not as a promise for your field. Ask your seller or your agriculturist how the variety did on farms near you in the last few seasons.
If you came here looking for Tropical Delight F1 or Tropical Delight wombok, this is the same chinese cabbage. The facts below come from its seller and from farm sources, each one listed at the end. Compare it with the others in our chinese cabbage variety finder, or see every crop variety we list. For the crop itself, read our guide: vegetables in the Philippines.
- Type: F1 hybrid.
Key facts about Tropical Delight chinese cabbage
| Trait | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Breeder or owner | Allied Botanical (Condor brand) |
| Also known as | Tropical Delight F1, Tropical Delight wombok |
| Type | F1 hybrid |
| Days to harvest, per the seller | harvest 70 to 75 days after sowing |
| Yield, per the seller | 24 to 33 t/ha (company figure) |
How long does it take, and how much does it yield?
Days to harvest, by the seller's count: harvest 70 to 75 days after sowing. Yield, by the seller's count: 24 to 33 t/ha (company figure). No trial on record checks these figures yet, so treat them as the seller's own and compare with farms near you before you plan a season around it.
Once you know the day count, anee.io dates every task from each lot's own planting day, with the growth stages and weather beside it.
Is it resistant to pests and diseases?
No pest or disease ratings are published for this variety. So treat it as untested, and scout every week.
The pests and diseases that hit chinese cabbage fields most often: bacterial soft rot, black rot of cabbage, cabbage webworm, clubroot, diamondback moth. Our pest finder and disease finder help you name what you see.
What its seller and farm sources say
- Days to harvest: Harvest 70 to 75 days after sowing.
- Yield: 24 to 33 t/ha (company figure).
- Fruit: Head: heads with no hairs, a yellow inside and sweet, crunchy leaves, 0.8 to 1.04 kg a plant.
- Season: Dry season.
- Where: Lowland.
- Bred for the lowland and warm areas.
- Rated intermediate against diseases and pests, its seller says.
These are the seller's own figures, from its own trials. So plant a small area first, and compare it with your usual chinese cabbage on the same ground.
Where and when to plant Tropical Delight chinese cabbage
Pechay Baguio heads best in cool places. In the lowlands, pick a heat tolerant hybrid and plant in the cool months. Before planting, get the field ready with our guide: Pagtatanim ng gulay.
Before you buy seed
- Buy sealed packs or tagged sacks from an accredited dealer, and check the packing date and germination rate.
- Ask your municipal agriculturist or nearby farmers how it did in your area last season.
- Try it on a small area first, beside the variety you usually plant, before you switch the whole farm.
- Write down the planting day, inputs and harvest, so you can compare varieties on your own ground. anee.io keeps these records for you.
Set the planting day of each lot and anee.io dates every task to harvest, with the weather beside it. Free on the Libre plan.
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