"Jim Carlock" wrote in message
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Jim...whattya mean, you failed with tomatoes? Where do you live, and what
went wrong? If they were supported in some way, how was that done?

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:23:14 GMT, "Cereus-validus..."
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That would fall under the topic of "soul food"!
Don't forget the bacon fat and ham hocks!!!

Spell that "soul" with an "e" and you're in good company. Koreans grow
many varieties of radish, some just for their greens, which find their
way into soups and kimchi.

--
Chris Green

"Jim Carlock" wrote in message
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Does anyone know if there's any problems related to eating
radish greens? Any poisonous types of radish greens or some
such? Has anyone ever heard of such a thing as a poisonous
radish green?

I've looked through Google and I see a ton of suggestions
to use radish greens on sandwiches, in salads with other
greens, sprinkled with grated cheese, etc.

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Jim Carlock
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On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 04:27:49 GMT, "Jim Carlock"
wrote:

The question is a legitimate question. I know nothing about
eating radish greens. I'm fairly new at messing with growing
various plants.

When you see recipe suggestions (and food displayed in supermarkets)
without warnings about toxicity, it logically follows that it is
generally safe to eat. I believe rhubarb is marketed *without* the
leaves, and any search on the subject would warn of irritating levels
of oxalic acid in those leaves. You say you'd done a search on radish
leaves and found recipes and no warnings. I can't think *what* could
have made anyone ask this question; hence my label of 'troll.'

BTW, the picture of the "carrot" plant you referred us to is a leaf
lettuce of some sort. Again, if you have *ever* seen carrots with tops
in the grocery store, that question, too, appears to come from a
desire to irritate rather then genuine puzzlement. You might just as
well point to an oak tree and say "is that a carrot?"

"Doug Kanter" wrote:
Jim...whattya mean, you failed with tomatoes? Where do
you live, and what went wrong? If they were supported in
some way, how was that done?


Had them out in the direct sun and just overfertilized
so they never fruited, then went on vacation for a week
and they didn't get any water during that week, and that
killed pretty much everything I was messing with. Had it
all in the direct sun over the summer months. Learned
quite a bit from it.

I've got four in a small pot right at the moment. If I put
them outside, the leaves start to get real heavy and limp.
I don't know what's causing that. One is flowering, has
some very tiny flowers starting up and one little bigger
(3/4 inch) that is bloomed. I accidently pulled one of
the tiny tiny flowers off, so I decided to take that one
apart and look at what's inside. Very interesting.
Looked like it had a fruit starting. I've read that a tuning
fork could be used to get them to produce, you know
of anything else that might help with an indoor tomato
plant? Somewhere I read that one must flip the flower.
I'm not sure what that really means, I'm thinking along
the lines like flicking someone's ear, and if that is the
case, maybe a jet of air would work, or giving it a
raspberry?

The four tomato plants in the pot are kinda welded in
there at the moment. I tried to pull the biggest one out
but gave up on that. I'm going to let it remain as an
indoor plant, and I'm thinking raspberries will get it to
fruit.

Now back to the topic of radish. Seems like they don't
last too long in the fridge. There anyway to help keep
radish a little longer?

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Jim Carlock
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"Jim Carlock" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote:
Jim...whattya mean, you failed with tomatoes? Where do
you live, and what went wrong? If they were supported in
some way, how was that done?


Had them out in the direct sun and just overfertilized
so they never fruited, then went on vacation for a week
and they didn't get any water during that week, and that
killed pretty much everything I was messing with. Had it
all in the direct sun over the summer months. Learned
quite a bit from it.

I've got four in a small pot right at the moment. If I put
them outside, the leaves start to get real heavy and limp.
I don't know what's causing that.

Even though some plants love direct sun, that doesn't mean their roots can
be at the same temperature. You have your tomatoes in pots - that's the
first thing to eliminate. If you can't plant them in the ground, you need to
find a way to shade the pots. And, if they're in clay pots, get them into
plastic pots - the biggest you can find and deal with, and in light colors.
Clay dries out quickly and sucks the moisture right out of the soil.

I grew tomatoes in large pots last summer. I wasn't able to totally shade
them. They needed two BUCKETS of water every day.