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Re: Garden at my step son's

Post by BigAl52 » Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:07 pm

Thats a big radish Dave
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Re: Garden at my step son's

Post by markiver54 » Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:25 pm

Never thought of growing radishes. I love them too.
Do they require much care?
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Post by CT_Shooter » Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:38 pm

Nice crop, Dave, though I think he might have picked those a bit late. Annie and I planted radishes each growing season for years; just another thing I miss now.
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Re: Garden at my step son's

Post by JEBar » Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:24 pm

we planted a garden for many years and radishes were one of the crops we grew .... we never had any get that size
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Re: Garden at my step son's

Post by daytime dave » Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:52 am

markiver54 wrote:
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Never thought of growing radishes. I love them too.
Do they require much care?
Mark, not really. Just plat the seeds and wait. They grow quickly and usually do well. That large one was juicy all the way through. His girlfriend made pickled radishes for me this week. I'd never had them before. Pretty neat.
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Re: Garden at my step son's

Post by markiver54 » Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:12 am

daytime dave wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:52 am
markiver54 wrote:
Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:25 pm
Never thought of growing radishes. I love them too.
Do they require much care?
Mark, not really. Just plat the seeds and wait. They grow quickly and usually do well. That large one was juicy all the way through. His girlfriend made pickled radishes for me this week. I'd never had them before. Pretty neat.
Thanks Dave!
I think I'll try growing some when the time is right. I did read that they like a bit cooler weather than the heat of summer.

I love them raw with a bit of salt. My wife actually sliced and sauteed some once. They were good that way too! ☺
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Re: Garden at my step son's

Post by daytime dave » Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:34 pm

They grow anytime. They will grow in cooler weather when other things won't. I love them with a bit of garlic salt. They are just good plain too. Plant some now and see what happens. You can't go wrong.
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Re: Garden at my step son's

Post by CT_Shooter » Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:17 am

They were always in our late spring garden along with a row or two of sugar snap peas and lettuce. For best results, they should be thinned as soon as they start to leaf out. We loved our radishes!
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Re: Garden at my step son's

Post by daytime dave » Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:29 am

His garden is doing pretty well for his first one!



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Re: Garden at my step son's

Post by markiver54 » Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:37 am

It certainly looks healthy!
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