This morning Lucy and I planted 4 different kinds of radishes in the front kitchen garden. I don’t know about you, but I LOVE growing radishes. Not only are they super easy to grow, but there’s a bit of instant gardening gratification with them because radishes typically only take about 28 days to grow.
So if you’ve never grown radishes before and you’re thinking this is the year you’re finally going to get around to trying them, you’ll want to be sure and check out all these helpful tips I’ve learned over the years on how to grow radishes.
I promise you, if you’re new to gardening, plant some radish seeds and you’ll feel like you have a green thumb in no time at all! 😉
Here are the 4 different kinds of radishes we planted:
- French Breakfast {my favorite}
- Crimson Giant {these are nice, fat and crunchy}
- Easter Egg {because the are pretty}
- Japanese Wasabi {they were free}
Brief description:
Radishes are a quick-growing hardy vegetable with a crisp mild flavor.
Where to Plant Radish:
Radishes can be planted in raised beds, garden beds and containers.
Planting Seeds:
Sow seeds 1/2″ deep. When foliage appears, thin to 1″ apart. Radishes are best planted with cucumbers, spinach and squash to repel as they repel unwanted insects.
Growing Tips:
Radishes prefer cooler weather. You can sow them outside 4-6 weeks before the last frost, and sow more every 5-10 days for a continuous crop. You can sow them again in the late summer for a fall crop. Water regularly.
How to Harvest: Harvest radishes when they are small {1-1/2 to 2″}. If you let them get much larger, they start to split and taste a wee bit tough.
Radishes’ Literary Debut: In the novel, Gone with the Wind, it was a radish that starving Scarlett O’Hara eats {the only food she can get}, and then declares, “As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again.”
Are you ready to start your garden but you’re not sure when you should plant your seeds or set out your transplants? Head on over HERE and you’ll be taken to a handy dandy chart that is broken down into what vegetables should be planted {or transplanted} each month in your area.
Anyone can do this. Dirt + Seeds+ Water = Food!
Keep Calm and Garden On.
~Mavis
Nadia says
What is the nutritional value of radishes? I see them in salads, but always just thought it was there for color. Then I hearsmd about breakfast radishes. What do you serve them with for breakfast? Curious minds want to know.
suzanne says
I love roasted radish and the seed pods are quite tasty as well. Did you ever grow the pink celery from Baker creek? The reviews were pretty mixed on that one. It looks pretty but I don’t have room to experiment.
Mavis Butterfield says
It did not do well for me. 🙁
Lori says
My favorite way to eat radishes is to roast them in the oven in my grandmothers cast iron fry pan. They caramelize and end up tasting like roasted potatoes. They are so good.
Julie says
I love radishes on Buttered bread….butter a slice of bread, slice some nice radishes on it, so it’s covered, then salt and pepper. Mmmmm! We call them Albert Sandwiches, after our friend who introduced them to us!