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    Radishes in rain water guttering?

    My radishes were a complete failure last year as most of them had been eaten by something that dug straight into them....bloody creepy crawlies....

    So I had a brain wave and thought that maybe this year I could grow them in compost in some old rain water guttering which I "rescued" from the tip and which is now hiding in my shed.

    What's the opinion on that? I would have to drill little holes through I guess to ensure water can drain out. What else do you think could be grown this way?

    The idea was to leave the radishes in the guttering from sowing to harvest...
    Life's not always a party - but now that we're here, we might as well dance!
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    Originally posted by SunnyU View Post
    My radishes were a complete failure last year as most of them had been eaten by something that dug straight into them.
    Brown tunnels? That would be cabbage root fly. I get it really badly: I can only grow radishes in the colder months (October to March)
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      I grow my radish in cut down Morrison's black pots. After a few years use for other things the tops tend to split being mean I cut them down to about 6" deep and grow French Breakfast 3" in them. I sow the seed individually in circles working inwards it is surprising how many you can get in a pot this way.

      It also allows me to start early by placing a pot in the corner of the green house.

      Colin H.
      Potty by name Potty by nature.

      By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.


      We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.

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      • #4
        I've seen a couple of people do this at our allotments and it works for them.

        In fact, I seem to recall Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall doing it like this in one of the more recent River Cottage series.
        Real Men Sow - a cheery allotment blog.

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        • #5
          Sounds good to me if you're growing the round variety, I wouldn't think it would be deep enough for the longer type?
          Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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          • #6
            Excellent! Thanks everyone.
            Life's not always a party - but now that we're here, we might as well dance!

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            • #7
              Re round varieties, I've always enjoyed success with Sparkler.
              Real Men Sow - a cheery allotment blog.

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              • #8
                I have been doing this for the last 2 years and they turn out great

                You can also use this method for

                Round Carrots
                Spring Onions
                Lettuce

                Anything that has small roots

                Great space saver as well
                Cheers .... John

                Web link to our Allotment website http://lawsonsallotment.btck.co.uk/

                PS my plot is 9 shown on the Plot Holders Pictures

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