About a week ago I picked a radish. It was kind of small but it was ok. The others were not popping out of the soil, which I was glad cause I would hope they would get bigger. Today some of them have flowers so I picked one and there is no radish. What happened?
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I don't know your current temperatures now, but radishes will flower very rapidly when the high temperature is above 80°F daily. They will skip the root forming process in high temperatures.
In most areas of the country, this is not radish season and they will not grow good during summer. Heat makes them form the flowers. The long days now probably do not help either.
You should replant radishes in the fall, cause they will probably just bolt now like the one shown.
In most areas of the country, this is not radish season and they will not grow good during summer. Heat makes them form the flowers. The long days now probably do not help either.
You should replant radishes in the fall, cause they will probably just bolt now like the one shown.
Speed up that learning curve; check Sunset's Western Garden Book. It gives planting seasons by climate zone (Sunset climate zone, that is; they're much more finely drawn than the USDA Hardiness zones), and you can look up plants and find out which zones they'll succeed in and at what times of the year.
Face it: each of us doesn't have the time in one lifetime to make all the possible mistakes and learn by trial and error!
Let an outside expert help. Sunset saved me from TONS of errors when I moved out here from Atlanta, a four-season type of gardening place.
Take a look at a copy at the library, hardware store, garden-supply store, etc. and find out 1) your Sunset climate zone and 2) the growing season in your zone.
I've "held forth" on the Sunset Western Garden Book so many times that it's almost like pushing a button and the "speech" comes out, so just do a Search of the forum for the book w/me as author, and heaven only knows how many hits there will be. But many more details/info about the book will be provided....
Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9
Face it: each of us doesn't have the time in one lifetime to make all the possible mistakes and learn by trial and error!
Let an outside expert help. Sunset saved me from TONS of errors when I moved out here from Atlanta, a four-season type of gardening place.Take a look at a copy at the library, hardware store, garden-supply store, etc. and find out 1) your Sunset climate zone and 2) the growing season in your zone.
I've "held forth" on the Sunset Western Garden Book so many times that it's almost like pushing a button and the "speech" comes out, so just do a Search of the forum for the book w/me as author, and heaven only knows how many hits there will be. But many more details/info about the book will be provided....
Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9
It has loads of information.