Organic Watermelon Radish
60 days to harvest
Raphanus sativus
Description
HEIRLOOM If we are what we eat, let’s be this beautiful! We just love these massive, crisp and marvelously juicy watermelon radishes, so sweet without any radish heat.
Organic Watermelon Radish is a fall radish, growing sweeter as they mature into the cool of autumn. Sowing them two months before your fall frost date is the key; at Fruition, we direct sow our watermelon radish in early August.
Harvested before a hard frost and stored well, watermelon radishes are easily enjoyed all winter in curries, soups, roasted and grated fresh as salad and slaw! We also ferment in our kimchi each autumn.
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Organic Watermelon Radish
Direct Seed Only: Sow mid-late summer 10 seeds/foot, ½” deep. Thin to 4” apart & enjoy the baby roots. Remarkably sweet & succulent roots mature best into the cool of fall. Spice is a sign of stress, often too much heat or too little water. Harvest ~50 days, up to softball size. Shake off soil, remove top greens & refrigerate for all-winter storage.
Sowing Date: mid-late summer
Seed Depth: 1/2 inch
Days to Germination: 4-7
Days to Maturity: 50
Plant spacing after thinning: 4 inches
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