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For the life of me trying I just can't seem to grow the so called easiest thing in the veg garden raddish. I am growing in deep container, water well and keep in a cool, shaded part of the garden but still they bolt, some stay thin with no swelling and about 2 or 3 usable out of them all. It hasn't even been hot weather. Funny thing though, i left some white long variety outsode all throug the winder and i got a massive, yet distorted root about the size and shape of a sweet potatoe. I cut it in half expecting it to be woody and it wasn't. It was delicious and we had it chopped up.
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Could be to much watering. As you know Radishes are a pig to grow. Not helped by the lack of uniformity of the seed. I reackon you need to sow four times what you want to harvest to get a decent crop.Hussar! -
Um, I sow radish with the gardening group at school. Maybe you are treating them too well? We just sow in rows as thinly as I can persuade the kids to do and water occasionally and pick as soon as we can. I think they bolt when it is too dry or too hot.Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?Comment
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All's not lost leave your bolted radish to flower then eventually it will produce pods and I think they taste better than the radishes themselves.
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Radish pods? Well I never , I'm going to try it......Originally posted by Bren In Pots View PostHussar!Comment
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I could never grow them either, until last year, I realised they were brassicas not roots and therefore I firmed them in really well (trampled on them) and they did fine. Wonder if as you have them in pots whether they're in too loose soil.
As I only succeeded last year I wouldn't listen to me if I were you.....Comment
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Interesting, I've tried evrything else so why not?Originally posted by Chippy Minton View PostHussar!Comment
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I grow French Breakfast 3" in MPC in cut down flower buckets about 6" deep. The seeds aren't sprinkled they are placed individually (a) because I tight and (b) I find if the are to close together they don't bulk up. Once they start to grow I water profusely by just dunking the pots into the pond behind them. Works for me so may just be worth try.
Oh and they sit in full sun most of the day.Last edited by Potstubsdustbins; 15-05-2014, 09:07 PM.Potty by name Potty by nature.
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Sounds like a combination of the warm spell & lack of water may have caused them to bolt.sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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Like Bren we eat the radish pods as mine always bolt.....so I sowed some specifically for the pods and guess what.....
S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
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My dad always grew radishes and always left loads to bolt. We would pick them and eat raw, but my mum would also make a curry out if them they are delicious raw or cooked, so al is not lost.Originally posted by Bren In Pots View PostDogs have masters, cats have slaves, and horses are just wonderfulComment
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Totally wrong place to put this I know, but so pleased your still here xOriginally posted by Bigmallly View PostDogs have masters, cats have slaves, and horses are just wonderfulComment
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Loads of good tips here folks. Thanks . Will def try the pods. I remember recently reading about a variety that produces pods specifficly for harvest. Anyone grown those .Comment
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I have trouble with radishes myself at the allotment, so you're not the only one...
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My radish have been hopeless this year. I think it's the huge number of flea beetles that sets them back.
I did get a decent crop of pods last month though from the ones I'd left in over winter. They were quite hot raw though; anyone got any tips for cooking them apart from in a stir-fry?Comment
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