Radish grow...

[Riz]

2nd feb 2008

salaam friends...

on the pack of radish seeds it says you can start sowing them in february,

this is my 3rd season of growing radish, from sowing to harvest in 4 weeks.. i made my own seeds as well just by letting the radish mature and it flowered and i had some nice pods with healthy seeds inside,

some pics of the packet of radish seeds i bought from B&Q

pics of pods with seeds inside it

[Riz]

i will be using an old porcelain sink i found in the back of the garden years ago, i cleaned it out and its a great container to use for growing radish, i hosed it down earlier and as you can see it has a built in drainage hole ( its a sink after all) ;)

i will be using multi purpose soil ( cheapest kind) :rolleyes:

make sure you fill all the spaces in the sink with soil don't leave in air pockets,

[Riz]

make rows in the soil and sow about 1/2 inch into the soil, keep them evenly spaced out, you can always thin them out later when you see some growth thats if they are too close together and will be competing for space and the moisture in the soil...

[Riz]

OK that's the hard bit out of the way :)

now it needs a good watering

repeat sowing every two to three weeks ( if you wish to) to ensure continuous supply through the summer, remember it is much more economical to sow little and often rather than have a long row of radishes all coming to maturity at the same time

[Riz]

*bump*

[Sakeena]

*bump*

whats with the bump? you posted it today didn't you?

:p

you know i must say i like how you recycle things i know a lot of people who are quick to buy new containers for every plant.

[Riz]

i bumped it because i answered your other post and it dropped from first to second, :)

[Sakeena]

i bumped it because i answered your other post and it dropped from first to second, :)

em, ok

which do you think taste better the radish you've bought, grown from seeds you've bought or the seeds your collected and grown? or is there no difference?

[Riz]

well the seeds i bought, i planted and then saved the seeds from the same batch of seeds, and they taste identical, fresh and crunchy and really tasty....

i might get a few more diffrent types of radish seeds next week, and ill probarley start the seeds of straight away

[Sakeena]

hi, how deep would you need the container/tray to be?

[Riz]

around 5 to 7 inch deep down will suffice sakeena.. the sink i use is only 4inches and i get great results

[Sakeena]

so how do you know when they are ready to be eaten? i'm going to plant some but it say on packet sow mar - sep and harvest apr - oct, i'm guessing it only takes 4 weeks ?

[Riz]

so how do you know when they are ready to be eaten? i'm going to plant some but it say on packet sow mar - sep and harvest apr - oct, i'm guessing it only takes 4 weeks ?

yeah it takes around 4 weeks from seed to harvest... trust me you will know when they are ready.. :)

they will look like the radish you buy from the grocers, you will know easy

[Riz]

here is the latest update.. 5th march 2008

the weather was very cold for the last couple of weeks, so it took a bit longer to germinate i feel.

here are 2 pics, still small seedlings though

[Riz]

An update on the radish coming very soon.......

[Riz]

the radish seeds in the kitchen sink, had a really poor germination rate ( i had the seeds for a while) so i started some more radish seeds, here is a pic.. i thinned them out, so there is space for them to grow..

[Riz]

the radish is really taking off now..

so healthy with no probelms what so ever at the moment,

[Kirsten]

wow, they look beautiful!
I read that radish tops are edible - is that true?

[Riz]

hi kirsten..

nice to cya over here at the veg forum ;)

yes they are edible and they taste nice in a salad... ( only when the radish is ready to eat the leaves are edible)

you should grow some..

[Riz]

A quick update..

the radish are slowly getting bigger and bigger, they look healthy :)

[Riz]

Today i harvested some of my radish crop,, nice red and crunchy with a nice lingering after taste. I will sow more later on so i have enough to last me the whole season.. :cool:

here are some pics of the radish i harvested today... :D

[Riz]

i left some radish to grow, so i can collect the seeds later on in the season..

here is a pic of the radish flowers.. its pretty !!!

[Riz]

they are not ready at the moment but are looking good..

[Riz]

got 3 packs of radish seeds today.. names later on

ill be growing 3 different types of radish at the same time just to see how they will fair against each other, but all of them in green plastic trough and some in the vegetable patch in the ground along with some garlic and coriander..

cant bloody wait !!!!! ;)

i love growing radish, seed to harvest in 4 weeks.. you cant grow wrong, you can stagger the grow so you have fresh radish every month until September....

you can even grow them in tiny pots on the windowsill...

[Riz]

3 different strains...
muslimgrower will be giving away the radish seeds with lots of other vegetable seeds very soon, details to follow over at the contests and events forum :)

left to right..

celesta f1
rudolf radish
french breakfast 3

[Tania]

Rudolf its a cute name given to a radish :o Every type of radish can be stragger to grow until september ?

[Riz]

Rudolf its a cute name given to a radish :o Every type of radish can be stragger to grow until september ?


rudolf the red nose reindeer :)

i guess the radish looks like a little red nose lol

yeah, radish are easy to grow and a quick harvest, you can sow the seeds every 3 to 4 weeks, get a continuous supply till September..

[~Obsidian~]

I've started this thread and moved your other posts so that we can keep the posts in date order/in order for future reference.

~Obsidian~

[~Obsidian~]

Can't wait to start my own inshaAllah, variety: French Breakfast 2

[Riz]

not the rudolf ?? :)

[~Obsidian~]

I've only got french breakfast ones. It's my first time growing them anywhoo so it's all good :D

[Riz]

:AF2FlowerA036: bump :AF2FlowerA036:

[Foz]

i started mine off last week...think it was friday afternoon....or thurs..... and they are already doing well!! they inside at the moment on top of the dryer and they seem to like it lol

[Foz]

hers some pics...

[Riz]

very nice fozia..

at this stage i think it ill be ok to leave the radish outdoors permanent, last season i germinated mine this time and left them outdoors....

[Foz]

i thinned them out, so there is space for them to grow..


i guess i should thin mine out....i seem to have loads together

[Riz]

i sowed my radish seeds today.. i will be sowing again in 2 weeks time so i have a perpetual harvest right till mid august :)

i am trialling 4 different strains of radish seeds... i put the seeds in some talcum powder so you can see them when i sow them in the plastic troughs... didnt really work out :)

[Riz]

i poured the compost into the troughs , breaking up big pieces of soil which are stuck together with my hands , filling all the air pockets, fill right to the brim and water in well, i water first so when the seeds germinate the little "taproot" can sense the moisture below it and head downwards.

[Riz]

i made three rows just using my index finger.. and then sowed each seed into the rows, at this point am not too bothered if the seeds are to close together, when the little seedlings pop out of the soil i can always thin them out, by simply just pulling them out, if they are evenly spaced you will get bigger radish as they wont be competing for space and moisture if they are really close together,, this way you will get a uniformed crop of radish which will look cool in salad bowl :)

after you have sowed them, cover with 1/4 inch soil and leave,, i have done the same thing, this time using pots.

[Riz]

i have grown radish for 2 seasons and they don't seem to be fussy about anything... so inshallah these are zero maintenance vegetables, apart from the watering that is !!

[Tania]

^
Have you left them outdoor or indoor?

[Riz]

^ outdoors tania..

[Riz]

maybe i sowed them too early.. on the back of the pack it said march onwards.. but some gardners wait till mid April... good job i have lots of seeds !! i will be sowing some all the way till august. Seeds germinate when the soil gets warmer in spring time. so they just lie dormant until the soil temperature rise :GreenThumbs:

[Tania]

I think the same is happening with my seeds too. They didn't germinated but from tuesday the rain stops and i hope until thursday to see the first radish.

[Riz]

bright sunny day today,, had a look at the radish and i can see some of them germinating :)

[Riz]

pics of the radish.. wow really fast germination on both strains of radish :) but of course i have not the thinned them out yet.

[~Obsidian~]

I'm hoping to start a batch of these this week inshaAllah :sunny:

[Foz]

i put them on the floor outside (in the pot) and the rabbit got to them.. well i think it was him....half of them hes dug up!

[Tania]

They germinated friday and the two leaves are little visible:
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1594/im006709.jpg (http://img230.imageshack.us/my.php?image=im006709.jpg)

[~Obsidian~]

I started my first batch of these today! :D

[Tania]

Soon i will update my radish pictures because they are growing :) (when i will see the first true leaves).I am very content. Riz how many centimeters must be between 2 seedlings?

[~Obsidian~]

Does it not say on the packet? I'd have though about 10 would be fine

[Tania]

I didn't see the distance but they are growing really fast :)

[~Obsidian~]

I have no idea how close mine are because they are yet to germinate, but I hope they aren't too close together because I don't want to thin them out!

[Tania]

I will have to thin mine but i will re-plant the seedlings, i have to be very careful at roots.

[Riz]

hi tania..

just sow more every 2 weeks :)

some of mine, very close together, i will thin them out later

[Riz]

i thinned out the radish today, If they are too close together they compete for root space and moisture.. i threw the ones i pulled out away :)

[Tania]

All looks really healthy and eager to grow

[~Obsidian~]

Germination as of yesterday!

[Nife180]

I just bought some radish seeds, Put them in the tray to germinate them, along with watermelon and muskmelon. I would love some radish, I just love them. I'm planning to grow them in plastic troughs too. Will they germinate faster in warm weather? How fast do you expect?

[~Obsidian~]

Yep I think they will germinate faster then. Within a week maybe? It's been a little cold outside and its taken about a week and a few days for mine to germinate here.

[Nife180]

The seedlings have emerged :). It took 3 days for the cotyledons to appear, I'll have to prepare the troph now.

It's been raining for a while yesterday. It's 29 degree C outside :sunny:, will they bolt and produce an immature radish?

Sorry for the crappy photos :p

[Riz]

you could have just germinated them in the trough in the first place !!?

No, they wont bolt :)

[Nife180]

you could have just germinated them in the trough in the first place !!?

No, they wont bolt :)
I didn't because, I wanted to maintain the moisture and I like watching stuff germinate :p,

but I will germinate more in the troph, should I cover them with more soil or just leave them on the surface while germinating?

[Riz]

cover with 1/4 inch soil and water in and you will be fine.

[Riz]

the radish are growing well.. they dont mind the cold along with the lettuce :freezing:

[~Obsidian~]

Mine are looking like that :D

[Nife180]

The seeds I've put in the troph have sprouted! It took them two days, faster than the covered seed bed, It's cool and it looks like germination rate is high for radishes, most of them sprouted. And the ones that I transplanted are healthy and thriving :p

[Tania]

The radish begin to have a red root. Because of the leaves i couldn't photo that.
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/5759/im006746.jpg (http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=im006746.jpg)

[Riz]

^ quite close together eh tania ! you gonna thin them out :)


pic of mine, some holes in the leafs i have noticed, not to bothered at the moment..

[Nife180]

My Radish have got the second/third set of leaves, The leaves look healthy. Thinned out a lot because they were tangling into each other. I left the healthier ones. I heard that radish leaves are edible and have a peppery taste. Anyone have experience in this?

[Riz]

sallam nife..

yeah you can put the leaves in a salad and it tastes real good :)

[Tania]

Mom made a salad of leaves and it was good. I didn't thin them out because i was affraid i will destroy the red radish bulbs. Its growing so nice - i like to watch them how they grow :o

[Riz]

my radish are slowly growing too.. some of the radish are growing out of the ground, i should have buried the seed a little lower in the troughs,, they grow bigger under the ground, but sometimes if you germinate the seed to shallow they pop out of the dirt :)

[~Obsidian~]

Looking good Riz! I think loads of mine are going to pop out of the ground.

[Tania]

Slowly we begun to pick them. Have a good taste :)

[ze leetle elper]

Wow mashaallah you guys are fast! My radishes are still at the tiny little stalk stages lol I don't think a radish has even begun to grow under the ground yet, just little roots :p

[Riz]

the radish are fattening up, the dutchy strain of radish seems to have longer bushier leaves i have noticed, compared to my last years radish.. i have grown some in pots too.. both strains of radish are equal in growth,,

[Riz]

harvested some radish today...

really crunchy and fresh, yummy !!!!

[Tania]

It looks really good. We ate the leaves too - mom cooked them like the spinach and had a good taste.

[Riz]

yeah tania, the leaves are tasty,,

i have to save the leaves for my dad so mum can cook aloo saag* with it (*potatoes and leaves in a curry sauce

i have harvested all my radish today :)

[rainbox]

Yum!

[Nife180]

Looks Awesome! :GreenThumbs:

Are you going to leave some to develop seed pods? How long does it take from this point?

[Riz]

Looks Awesome! :GreenThumbs:

Are you going to leave some to develop seed pods? How long does it take from this point?


i did last season, i have pics somewhere of the pods.. but its better if they cross pollinate with another strain of radish me thinks !! as the seeds have poor germnation rates..

the seeds are so cheap, its just more prudent to buy a pack rather than have the seeds, but just for the sake of knowing stuff you can try letting a few radish run to seed,, the pods if i can remember correctly wont mature till end of august early september..

[Tania]

They look good and i think have a good taste too-i have noticed this are not the french breakfast radish variety.Mom cooked sunday a soup from the lettuces and radish leaves.

[~Obsidian~]

They're plumping out now, although a squirrel dug up a few!

[~Obsidian~]

Hmm...

[ze leetle elper]

Is it a twin one or something?

[~Obsidian~]

Nope, just two close together.

[ze leetle elper]

:sunny:

[Tania]

The radish before to pick them up (8 may)
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4563/ridichi.jpg
I sow spinach last saturday in their place

[ze leetle elper]

My radishes are filling out quite quickly now, last weeks they were just stalks, now I can see the radish popping out of the ground yay! Couple of days of rain helped a lot!

[~Obsidian~]

My radishes are being supremely rubbish! As in, they aren't growing :confused: just staying the same, not bulking up. And yes they've been receiving water! Probably not as regularly as they could have though, maybe thats the problem.

[Tania]

Obsidian you are not alone, mine are receiving water lately every day by mother nature and are growing very slow (in the left of the picture):
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6021/030sow.jpg

[Riz]

for nife and anyone else......

i let some radish grow and flower, and this is what the pods look like ( seeds inside)

[Tania]

The radishes what i harvested in july:
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1595/084av.jpg

[Tania]

My first radishes are appearing :cheerleader:

[Tania]

The first radish:
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4015/im008022.jpg

[felicity]

my radish seeds are finally starting to germinate!

[Riz]

friggin cats dug out all my radish seedling in the veg patch......

[Riz]

the radish seedlings are really taken off, i have lots of them sowed in troughs, pots and in the veg patch.. the cat dug one line of seedlings right up.. pics later.. maybe sow some more later on too :)

[Tania]

I begin to pick up the radish:
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3337/im008049.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/i/im008049.jpg/)
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/340/im008050.jpg (http://img232.imageshack.us/i/im008050.jpg/)

[Tania]

The first radish from the peas rows:

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/3688/im008071.jpg (http://img594.imageshack.us/i/im008071.jpg/)

[Riz]

again just like last season i germinated the radish seeds to shallow in one container.. and they have popped out.. remember to always follow the guidelines on the back of the seed packs LOL


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC01434.jpg

[Riz]

the ones in round containers are doing better than the ones in the trough and are a different variety too.. i have just been watering them every 3 days in the evening and thats it... nothing more..

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC01537.jpg

[Tania]

Riz, your radishes have a nice red colour and are healthy.

The snails bite a little bit from my radishes:
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3589/im008074.jpg

[Riz]

yeah tania.. mine are crunchy and really nice but smaller than last season, i think its because i used really really cheap compost, but i have sowed some more and this time i will sow deep because if you dont the radish pops out of the soil and grows and sometimes insects munch on the red skin leaving it exposed to the elements , so always sow deep and follow instructions on back of pack :)

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC01827.jpg


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC01825.jpg

[Foz]

they look nice!

i didnt bother with radishes this year and gave my packet of seeds to my parents. Hadnt realised they had planted them till i went round yesterday and they had a plate full!

[rubmanhayat]

These are growing very slow. It's been two months now :( I see a few swelling up. Can't see 'em yet but they are there :D

[Tania]

May be they need for light :shy to grow much faster. Have you gave some fertilisers to them?

[rubmanhayat]

I keep them in my windowsill and it gets roughly about 5hrs of sunlight. I did give it some some plant food that I bought a while back for my tomatoes, which by the way I haven't got any yet :mad: I think I'll give 'em some more.

[Riz]

aww thats a shame.... that's why they are growing slow, you need at least 8 hours of direct sunlight.. I think you have done very well regardless.. we will have to think of something for next season for you, put our collective heads together and come up with a viable solution for you..

if you had more radish growing indoors you could have just harvested the leaves and made some great saag :)

[rubmanhayat]

I guess sunlight is the culprit here hmmm....:) Can't get enough of it. I did manage to put my plants on the roof but owner got me there :Mad: Next season I think I'll try it again.

[rubmanhayat]

I cut some leaves that were getting huge and gave 'em to my mom. Got 3 radishes. More to come :)

[Riz]

leaves look really healthy :)

[felicity]

Well, last year most of the vegetable I grew failed, don't know why some of them gotten eaten by, pests; this year I think I do things little differently.

[rubmanhayat]

Mine failed as well. Got only 2 1/2 that u see in the pic. Only leaves kept growing, I'd cut 'em and give my mom to eat :) could that be the reason why they never grew?

[Riz]

what month did u sow the seeds in?? indoors or out??? could be light issue if indoors.. you still living in same place??

made any plans for the upcoming season?

[rubmanhayat]

I believe it was august and got only 3 by end of october. I kept 'em in my window sill. It could be light issue but the leaves really grew. I am still living at the same place, this year I'll try to put everything on the roof again hoping my landlady doesn't find out. I will use the same seeds i have from last year. Tomato, cukes, cantaloupe, carrots, radish. Repot my two mexican mango plants and have another pineapple that has started rooting in water :)

[noora]

thank you

[Riz]

I believe it was august and got only 3 by end of october. I kept 'em in my window sill. :)

begin sowing in mid-April and continue at three week intervals to September thats the time you wanna sow your radish seeds hayat. check your area for sowing dates just to confirm..

[rubmanhayat]

Thanks Riz

[Riz]

sowed some radish seeds today... :)

[Riz]

sowed radish in troughs and the kitchen sink..


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC05725.jpg

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[Foreveryoung]

superb and timely..........
wish I had read this before. :p however, my stuff is all growing , but slowly and smallish. :)
Please kindly let me know do u have any idea when to grow these in Lahore ? Do they need warm climatic conditions ? I love radish to death.

[Riz]

thanks ash probably in October in pakistan ???

[Riz]

my seeds germinated withing 4 days of sowing them.. :)

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC05730.jpg

[Riz]

2 days later

just been watering the trough once every 3 to 4 days, if it rains i dont bother watering them.... radish are fast growing within 5 to 6 weeks you can harvest them from seed.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC05805.jpg

[Riz]

seedlings are doing great, not added any nutrients to it, because the compost i bought already has 6 weeks of goodness inside it and it takes around 5 to 6 weeks for the radish to mature.

[Riz]

radish grow so fast, will be harvesting then next week or so

pics taken on mobile phone


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/Photo0076.jpg


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/Photo0077.jpg

[~Obsidian~]

Masha'Allah Riz, great grow as always :GreenThumbs:

[Riz]

radish are done, gonna take them out tomorrow,they are really a nice size and taste awesome, real peppery after taste.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/Photo0165.jpg



http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/Photo0202.jpg

[Dunemist]

Wow - they look fab. Ours are not bad either. Your soil looks lovely.

[rubmanhayat]

Mashallah Riz this is awesome. I was disappointed by my last year's experience, therefore, didn't try it this year. Looking at this I am thinking of giving it a try :)

[Riz]

thanks guys.

I harvested all my radish today, i wanted to harvest them last week but my camera lead stopped working and i ordered a new one from E-bay and i am still waiting for it lol. So now i am using my mobile camera phone to take pics..

really crunchy and fresh tasting radish with a nice peppery after taste and the tops ( leaves) taste good too especially if you cut them up in a salad

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/Photo0218.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/Photo0219.jpg

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[Riz]

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[~Obsidian~]

Yummy! Masha'Allah!