Planting guide

When to plant tatsoi

Compact rosette of glossy spoon-shaped leaves; hardy, mild and pretty in a pot. In Melbourne it goes in Mar–Jun.

Start as: Seed, sown in place
Ready in: 4–7 wks
Spacing: 15 cm
Depth: 0.5 cm
Sun: Half a day (3–6 hours)
Water: Regular
Effort: Easy
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means tatsoi can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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Central Coast	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Geelong	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Wollongong	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Hobart	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
Townsville	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cairns	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Toowoomba	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Darwin	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Ballarat	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
Mandurah	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Bendigo	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Launceston	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
Mackay	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Rockhampton	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Coffs Harbour	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Blue Mountains	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
Bunbury	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Bundaberg	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Alice Springs	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Mildura	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Port Macquarie	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Wellington	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Christchurch	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
London	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Manchester	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Edinburgh	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
New York City	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Los Angeles	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Chicago	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Seattle	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Austin	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Toronto	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cape Town	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Johannesburg	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Singapore	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Mumbai	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Paris	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Berlin	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○

How to plant tatsoi

Sow seed thinly and cover lightly.
Thin to 15 cm.
Keep moist; it tolerates frost well.
Cut leaves or the whole rosette.

Tatsoi varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

Green Tatsoi Classicfast · 4–7 wksRosette of spoon-shaped leaves
Rosette Tatsoi Classicfast · 4–7 wksRosettes of spoon leaves
Red Tatsoi Adventurouscolourful · 4–7 wksRed-tinged rosettes
Deep Purple Adventurouscolourful · hybrid · 4–7 wksDeep purple leaves
Black Knight Adventurouscolourful · 4–7 wksDark leaves with a mild mustard bite

Where to buy seeds

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Good companions

Onion, Carrot, Dill

Tatsoi by month

Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec

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