I didn't realise that one of the varieties of radish I bought was a winter radish. (I'm not sure even now how large the bulb is supposed to grow, it's called "Red Flesh" and is a Japanese variety.) So I sowed alongside the normal stuff in April, thinned it to 1 to 2 inches, like the normal stuff. It has grown tall, with a thick central stem, is flowering, and is not producing any root bulb volume. Normal radish treated the same way is giving me a crop.

What should I do with this winter radish? Wait? Thin it out to a wider spacing and wait? Cut off the central stem? Pull it all out and throw it away?

If it's flowering, you'll not get a root. You could try eating the leaves, and waiting for seed pods and eating them. Or letting the seeds ripen and sow them later at the proper time ;-) But if it's in the way of other possible crops, I'd suggest throwing it out.

Thanks. Throw them out it will be. I think I still have seed in the packet for sowing later.

On Jun 2, 5:17*pm, echinosum
wrote:
kay;925213 Wrote: If it's flowering, you'll not get a root. You could try eating the
leaves, and waiting for seed pods and eating them. Or letting the seeds
ripen and sow them later at the proper time ;-) But if it's in the way
of other possible crops, I'd suggest throwing it out.

Thanks. *Throw them out it will be. *I think I still have seed in the
packet for sowing later.

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I didn't realise that one of the varieties of radish I
bought was a
winter radish. (I'm not sure even now how large the bulb
is supposed to
grow, it's called "Red Flesh" and is a Japanese variety.)
So I sowed
alongside the normal stuff in April, thinned it to 1 to 2
inches, like
the normal stuff. It has grown tall, with a thick central
stem, is
flowering, and is not producing any root bulb volume.
Normal radish
treated the same way is giving me a crop.

What should I do with this winter radish? Wait? Thin it
out to a wider
spacing and wait? Cut off the central stem? Pull it all
out and throw it
away?


Eat the leaves, quite tasty chopped up as a stir-fry. Then
get rid of it. Sounds like it needs to be sown when it's
autumn and cold and wet.

I sowed two varieties about 1-1/2 months ago, one was
French, and has come to nothing much, because it has been so
dry and we were away. The other one was called an 18-day
radish or some such, and they look really round and tasty.
Going to try one now :-)

someone