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This is a radish variety called "French Blush."
Also, look how long the tap root is! 6-1/2" from top of radish to root tip.
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Besides French Blush, I planted Pink Beauty, White Icicle, and a few (and I mean 2 or 3 seeds) Daikon Miyashige that I had left even though it's really a fall crop. I had to pull the one in the middle of the Veg Garden out when it was only about 4" long though because the top was spreading about 12" and getting in everyone else's way! Also slugs were loving the leaves AND using the long spreading leaves as bridges.BrianSkilton wrote:wow, looks really unique. Did you plant any different types of radish? I planted some Daikon...
Some of the Miyashige that I planted last fall (a little late around mid September -- really should plant them a bit earlier like mid August) were wintered over with extra mulch and were harvested early this spring. One Straw Revolution author, Masanobu Fukuoka recommends using Daikon to open up the soil -- sow them, let them grow deep roots, and let them rot without harvesting to add humus.
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There's a different variety -- the name escapes me but I think I saw it in Johnny's or maybe Kitazawa Seeds (they have TONS of varieties) -- for spring sowing that doesn't bolt as easily in the heat.
Here's a If you want to use daikon as "vegetable dynamite" (I like that ), you DO still want to prevent bolting as long as possible right? Because you want the root to grow deep and pre-mature bolting would probably mean small roots/plants....
Here's a If you want to use daikon as "vegetable dynamite" (I like that ), you DO still want to prevent bolting as long as possible right? Because you want the root to grow deep and pre-mature bolting would probably mean small roots/plants....