Description
Offered to FGI program participants only. Limited Supplies. Offered while supplies last. Small orders may be mailed to the address provided. The program coordinator will contact you about delivery or pick-up.
Days to Maturity: 50 DAYS
Popular Japanese radish that can grow very large while remaining crisp and tender.
Pure white roots with pale green shoulders when exposed to sun. Excellent for pickling, fermenting or storage.
- Winter radish
- Stores well
- Large 2-6 lb roots
- Open-Pollinated
Seeding Depth
Planting depth: 1/4-1/2”
Plant Spacing
Plant spacing: for garden radishes 1”, for daikon 4-6”. Thin if necessary to ensure even sizing.
Row Spacing
For garden radishes 8-12”, for daikon 12-16”.
When to Sow
Radishes can be direct seeded as soon as soil can be worked and are best adapted to the cooler temperatures and shorter day-length of spring and fall. Optimal soil temperature for germination is 65-85°F. Seedlings emerge within a few days. Plant every 10 days for a continual supply. Winter radishes should be planted to mature around fall frost date.
Harvest
Harvest radishes on time as they do not hold well in the field, especially in warm weather when roots tend to become pithy and pungent.
Storage
Topped radishes will keep good quality for 3-4 weeks if store at near freezing temperatures with high humidity in semi-permeable containers.
Info gleaned fron www.highmowingseeds.com
