Radish : Il Candela di Fuoco
1 packet (1800 seeds) @ $2.49
Catalog Code: 406
Radish : Il Candela di Fuoco
Vegetable
- Days to Harvest: April to October
Description
Long, tapering, red-skinned roots with crisp white flesh. Succulent and quick maturing. An essential ingredient for the salad.
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | March to September |
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| Sowing depth: | ½ inch deep |
Radishes require rich, moisture retentive soils containing plenty of well-rotted manure or compost for the quick production of tender, crisp roots. Sowings can be made in succession outdoors from March to September; earlier sowings from February can be made under protection. In warmer months maturity can be as quick as 5 weeks. Sowings can be broadcast or in rows, ½ inch deep.
Growing Instructions
Ideal as an intercrop between other long standing crops. Because of their rapid germination radishes are often used as a marker for slower germinating crops such as parsley. Frequent pulling of mature roots is vital because very quickly they can become soft and pithy with poor flavor.
Aftercare Instructions
The tender young leaves can be used as an additive to soups and radish seed can also be used as sprouting seeds for salads and stir-fries.
Kitchen Notes
Serving suggestion - Radish and orange salad. Blend a vinaigrette of olive oil, lemon and orange juices, sugar. Toss sliced radishes, baby spinach, rocket, flat parsley and orange slices in the vinaigrette.