Tips for radish growing needed

[James]

Does anyone have a good tip for radish growing?

We are just getting a first crop. The leaves are massive, but some of the roots are really small

I planted in good soil with a lot of compost, they were always well watered and in a sunny position. had a similar experience last year.

Thanks for any tips

[Mo]

Eat them small, as soon as they are a bit round. If you leave them to get big they are firey hot and woody, instead of crunchy and refreshing.
They are the quickest to germinate, if you put a pinch of seed at the end of rows of other things, it shows you where you've sown them.

If you leave them too long something eats them (carrot root fly or similar)

[saint-spoon]

mine are in seed trays, i don't bother moving them, like Mo says they are best eaten small and refreshing...yikes I'm a battery radish farmer, those poor radishes will never know what free growing feels like. I am ashamed of myself. :cry:

[James]

ok thanks

we did have some success, but there is a huge variety in root sizes, and it is impossible to tell by looking at the leaves which will have small roots and which big.

You have some with huge leaves which look promising and then almost no root.

[Mo]

Are you planting them too deep? Mine tend to have the tops of the round root above ground. I think the advice is that seeds should be covered to their own depth.

[Meanqueen]

I can just see the top of my raddishes above ground level, if in doubt I stick my finger carefully down the side and feel how big it is before I pull it.
Ilona

[James]

ok - i will make sure the next lot are not too deeply planted - that sounds like a likely error.

thanks

[Johnhson]

Mo's bang on - it's a good rule of thumb for most seeds. Little tiny ones hardly need a covering at all.