Rubbish Radish

Capney needs help
Take a look at the picture of my second sowing of radish !
First lot were no better.
Whats happening guys..?
or, should I ask what is not happening.?
Capney

 

Sorry Capney I can't give you any help - they look exactly the same as by raddishes!
I look forward to seeing what advice comes up.

 

Waste not want not... at least the tops end up in the composter
Capney

 

I've had the same problem with some of my smaller raddish, they've bolted. Probably not given them enough water, that was my self diagnosis anyway! Next year i'll be pinching them out at the top to stop them flowering, the smaller plants seemed to have the nice fat raddish!

 

The tops can be eaten in a salad guys.

 

looks like they are parched, imagine 2 weeks on the algarve in august with no sun cream.

 

I would suggest that the amount of rain we have had in this part of the world lately that being dry is not the problem. in fact there may have been to much.. could that be issue?
Capney

 

Well, if they've had enough moisture, the problem might be they haven't been thinned out quickly enough or they haven't had enough light.

 

Thats it.. certainly they were to near the potatoes and shaded..
Lesson learnt
Thanks
Capney

 

I know what you mean with the rain capney, but mine were in quite a while and were subject to rain / hot on and off in that funny spell we had, mine wasnt because of shade.

 

We have had the same problem and they were in a pot by themselves and I thinned them out?? I did wonder if it was underwatering but then some that had loads of rain in my veg beds did the same?

 

capney - I always grow radishes like that - I didn't know that there was any other way!

 

OK. Challenge is.
To grow a really really good radish..
Capney

 

Sow thinly in a drill in the ground. Keep moist, but not soaking wet. From sowing to cropping, 6 weeks. So keep them growing. No need to thin out they will grow apart.

 

I feel that the type of radish you are attempting to grow needs considering. As we all know, you can have long radish or globular radish.

If you have a heavy soil I would tend to ere on the side of caution and plant globular.

As David said....sow thinly. Fortunately radish seeds are rather large so it is easy to do. Make a drill with your finger...bout the depth of your nail. Water the drill and then plant. Cover the seeds over and just make sure the ground doesn't dry out, as they are shallow rooted.

You should get a good crop, but even so, some may run to seed. The main things to remember are they require almost no attention once past the seedling stage - their main requirement is a reasonable supply of water. Do not apply any additional fertilizer to summer or winter radishes, their needs are minimal. :thumb: