The harvest begins in October and, under favorable conditions, can continue until December.
Chinese cabbage tolerates brief frosts down to about -6 ° C. In favorable weather conditions, according to need, continuously harvested until December.
Are stronger frosts to be expected, you take the plants with root balls out of the ground and pound them in damp sand in an airy basement. Impact in the cold frame or in earth pits is also possible, when going with mats, Push u.a. Material frost-proof covers. Kept like this, the plants last until about mid-January.