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Radishes add a delicious tang to a spring
salad. When harvested tender they are soooooooo good eaten
raw. Radishes are easy to grow and depending on the variety can be
harvested in 3-6 weeks. It is helpful to sow several patches 2-3
weeks apart to extend the season as radishes "bolt" or shoot
head very quickly and get tough, pithy and bitter.
Radishes can be planted in a row or block. I prefer a block
planting. I have one area in the garden where I plant blocks.
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Oakleaf Lettuce |
Buttercrunch Lettuce |
Spinach |
Carrots, beets, and salad could be added to the block planting.
Plant radishes in early spring. I lightly sprinkle seed over
tilled block and stir with rake. Radish seeds germinate quickly in 3-10
days.
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Varieties:
*Cherry Belle
Round and red as a cherry, matures in 24 days.
*Champion
Bright, cherry red radish that matures in 24 days. Crisp and
solid.
French Breakfast
Oblong -like a carrot and matures in 25 days. Scarlet with
white tip, mild and tender.
Long White Icicle
White skin and flesh. Crisp and mild. Icicle shaped roots grow
up to 5" long in 28 days.
Sparkler White Tip
Globe shaped root with upper portion carmine-scarlet and pure white
tip. Solid, crisp and sweet. Matures in 24 days.
Winter long keepers:
China Rose
Plant in August for winter harvest. Half -long stump with deep
rose skin and white flesh. Dig before frost and store in
cellar. Matures in 58 days.
White Chinese
Large stump root. Brittle and never woody. White skin and
flesh, mild in flavor. Great winter keeper. Matures in 60
days.
*My favorite varieties |
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