SEED TYPE : Open Pollinated, Heirloom

PLANT TYPE : Annual

ROOT COLOR : Purple

SOWING TIME: All Season

SOWING METHOD : Directly from Seed

GERMINATION TIME : 4 – 6 Days

GROWING CONTAINER : 12 -16 inch height pot / Garden bed

GROWING MEDIA : 1 part  Garden soil 1 part Cocopeat 1 part Vermicompost

HARVESTING : 45 -50 Days After Sowing

DESCRIPTION :

Radish is an easy to grow and quick to mature salad crop. Summer radishes are small, walnut-sized, round or cylindrical in shape and are eaten raw in salads. Winter radishes a larger and more turnip like. Like summer radish they can be eaten raw in salads or they can be cooked like a Turnip or Swede. Radish seedling leaves can also be used as cut and come again salad.

Sow fortnightly from February to September for a constant supply of fresh radish. Sow radish seeds directly into shallow drills, around 1 inch deep, or under cloches. Germination normally takes 5 to 7 days. Thin out the seedlings as soon as possible, to give more space for maturing roots to swell, you can use the thinning in salads.

Radishes prefer moist fertile soil, with regular watering in dry periods to promote rapid root growth. The roots of Red radishes are 6″ long and tapered like a carrot, but Red in color, and thin-skinned. This heirloom radish variety is tender and crisp with a rich and spicy flavor that is great for garnishes or salads. It takes about 30 days to mature.

Direct sow the first crop of radish seeds in rich soil, about four weeks before the last expected spring frost. Plant them in deeply worked up soil about 1/2″ deep and 1″ apart; later, thin the seedlings 2-3″ apart or more for larger radishes. For a continuous harvest, plant a new crop every two weeks.

Radishes can be harvested at any time up to their mature length of 5″. The flavor is strongest at a small size, and becomes more mild as the radish matures.