[Candide]

Pak choi, mizuma etc....should they be netted?
John here suggests they need protection.  But I went on the web and got differing opinions ( what, really! you say ) including that they grow so fast that netting not needed.
Despite the inconvenience, I'm prepared to put in a regular row under hoops and net but would also like to pop in a very short row in bare patches without protection - would they be doomed?

[whaleroad]

Grew pak choi without nets once. Birds took the lot.

[New shoot]

Same here.  Wood pigeons shred them on our site if they are left unnetted.

What they do seem to leave alone is proper mustard greens.  Not the frilly delicate types, but the big leaved ones like Red Giant or Green in Snow.  If you want a follow on crop to make use of bare space I would recommend either of those.  They also stand the winter well.

They are hotter than mizuna and the like.  I blanch them in boiling water, then put cold water over them and squeeze them.  A lot of the heat goes that way.  You can then chop them and they are a good addition to a stir-fry at the end of the cooking to add colour and some spice, or added into curries, soups, pasta sauce, any sort of baked dish like gratin, lasagne, moussaka or mac and cheese …. just a bit eye watering cooked as a stand alone green.

[Alank]

Round our way the wood pigeons will eat almost anything that is not netted. What the pigeons don't get the jackdaws will destroy so if you want a harvest get the crops netted 

[Candide]

Thanks everybody;  and Newshoot, I'll try the mustards