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Too pretty to eat...

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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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MMMMM a little olive oil and a flame thrower....

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What a beauty! :D

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wow, looks really unique. Did you plant any different types of radish? I planted some Daikon, have to see how that turns out. You got to love radishes though, except of course when someone eats one and belches in your face.... :x

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Purty!!!

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Charlie MV wrote:MMMMM a little olive oil and a flame thrower....
Bwapphhtt! (spitting food out and laughing) :lol:

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BrianSkilton wrote:wow, looks really unique. Did you plant any different types of radish? I planted some Daikon...
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 :x AND using the long spreading leaves as bridges. :x :x

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. :D 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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I've heard daikon used that way referred to as 'vegetable dynamite'.

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hmmm...I'll have to try that, sounds like a good way to get some good nutrients into the dirt. Keep us posted on the radishes, like to see everyones progress

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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 :cool: ), 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....

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Gorgeous little rascal! And just the right size for my taste!

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She really is a beauty!!!

Right, boring Pebbles is here again asking silly questions like....... how long after planting before digging up and eating :roll:



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