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Radishes - when do I harvest them?

Last post 16-06-2009 7:58 AM by bogweevil. 4 replies.

• 13/06/2009 11:32 AM
  Callum Saunders Location: London Joined on: 08 Apr 2009 Posts: 18	Reply | Contact Hi All, Can anyone help advise me when I should harvest my radishes?  You can see picture of them here; as you can see, some are poking up a bit - can anyone help me?  Thanks,   Callum http://londonvegetablegarden.blogspot.com

• 15/06/2009 01:29 PM	In reply to
  Anemone Location: County Down, Northern Ireland Joined on: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 575	Reply | Contact Harvest every second one so you leave room for the others to grow a bit.  They're best eaten small though as they can get woody if you let them grow too big.  Anemone

• 15/06/2009 09:12 PM

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  Roger H Location: Orpington Joined on: 01 Feb 2009 Posts: 53

  Reply | Contact  Hi Callum, Radishes are my favourite crop after asparagus (which is hard work for a brief but satisfying return). The best radishes I have ever grown have been this years crop of `Alan Titchmarsh Organic`. Started in late November in the new greenhouse down the allotment, these have been perfect and quick growing, first crop in March. I tried them outside too starting in March and they were a bit less successful due to slugs etc, but still great tasting and really good colour and shape. Earth them up as they grow, as they tend to push themselves up out of a light soil. Thin them out as suggested, leaving 1 every 3 inches for bigger globes but, as above, they can get woody. Regards, Roger H.   Roger H

• 15/06/2009 10:00 PM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact I harvest my radishes when I'm making a salad, or sometimes I harvest them when I want to eat one. digger

• 16/06/2009 07:58 AM	In reply to
  bogweevil Location: Joined on: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 2,043	Reply | Contact If you use them when they are big enough you won't go far wrong.   Boggy Beware the bat-eared bogweevil