Radish – Crayon Colors Blend

Radish blend  including Purple Plum (purple), Hailstone (white), Cherry Belle and Champion (red/pink) and French Breakfast (bicolor). A variety of colors to brighten up your raw vegetable and salad plates. Best sown in spring or late summer to avoid bolting (going to seed) of the plants which makes the roots bitter or fibrous.

Growing tips

Conditions of germination:

depth of sowing: 1.5 cm

optimal temperatures of germination: 5 to 25 ºC

time for germination: 5 to 7 days

When to sow:

direct seeding when the soil can be worked in the spring in your area or when the soil temperature remains above 7.5 ºC

successive sowing every 2 weeks until August for a continuous harvest

Seeding technique: in line

Draw a line in the ground (in a pot or in the ground), then sow the seeds

Distance in the garden:

between seeds: 2.5 cm

between plants: 4 to 5 cm

between rows: 20 cm

Height of the plants: 10 to 15 cm

Soil: fresh, well drained, rich and loose

Water: regular moderate watering, except in case of strong heat. The less a radish is watered, the more pungent it will be.

Exposure: full sun or light shade

Days to harvest: 25 to 30 days

Specificity:

after removing plants that are too close together, bring soil around the base to prevent the base of the root from being exposed

QUICK STATS

Number of seeds: ±250

Difficulty: Medium

Type: Heirloom / Open pollinated

Lifecycle:Annual

Additional information

Weight            3 g

Difficulty         

Medium

Sowing          

Direct

Lifecycle        

Annual

Root cellar     

No

Sowing season        

Spring, Summer