[Mash Mad]

Hi, just like to tell you I sowed my radish in my greenhouse border on friday, Hopeing to get an early crop to harvest in april or may. the books say they take about 3-6 weeks to fully mature.   

When do you normaly sow your radish?

[DD.]

I usually sow about March time.

Quite a few will know this, but I use old compost in a cat litter tray, seed spaced about 1" apart.

You get nearly 100% germination and 96 to a tray. Grown somewhere where the slugs can't get to them - voila! Nearly 100 pristine radish.

Later sowings are done outside.

[Steve.P]

I sow mine outside. I'm trying French Breakfast this year, not tried them before. Does anyone know of a very strong tasting variety as i like them like that. Seem to remember eating some years ago that were quite strong on the tongue

[DD.]

Flamboyant Sabina, the ones I grow.....

http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/product/788/1.html

[sclarke624]

DD

Grown somewhere where the slugs can't get to them - voila! Nearly 100 pristine radish.

Later sowings are done outside.

Do you mean you grow them completely indoors?  Also how do you stop them going leggy, does the foil behind them stop the leggyness well.

TA

[DD.]

No, the first sowings are done in the greenhouse, but not just yet. When they have germinated and grown a bit, they will be moved outside to grow on.

In later months, they germinate outside.

I see no reason why you can't start a bit earlier & keep them in the greenhouse though.

Not even I use ali foil in the greenhouse!

[sclarke624]

oh I see.  I experimented  with 10 seeds in a seed tray in the heated conservatory, but they went very leggy, don't have a green house so.  Anyway didn't work so will start some in March instead.

[woodburner]

oh I see.  I experimented  with 10 seeds in a seed tray in the heated conservatory, but they went very leggy, don't have a green house so.  Anyway didn't work so will start some in March instead.

I can't claim any experience of radish but it might have been the heat that made them leggy.

[sclarke624]

very likely