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Giant Radish
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Description
Our fast-growing radishes are super easy and fun to grow. This variety produces giant radishes (up to 6 cm wide) in 4-6 weeks. Crisp, crunchy taste.
Specifications
Sowing time: March - June and Sept - Mid-Oct
Height: 15-25 cm
Contents: ± 240 seeds for 5/7 patches
Height: 15-25 cm
Contents: ± 240 seeds for 5/7 patches
In the app
Sowing: 1 March - 30 June , 1 September - 15 October
Level 1
seeds are sown
Level 2
first seedlings
Level 3
thinned seedlings
Level 4
little plants
Level 5
first harvest
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- The app helps you with almost everything you do in your vegetable garden: sowing, tending, and harvesting.
- If something goes wrong, the app tells you what steps to take.
- If that doesn’t work, you can ask us for advice.
- If that still doesn’t help, we’ll look for other solutions together. Until we get it right.
Vitamins and minerals in radish plants
Radishes are super healthy: rich in calcium and vitamin C. They also have quite a bit of iron. Radishes contain lots of fiber too, which is good for your intestinal tract and digestion. The leaves are also edible: full of iron and folic acid.
Radishes are good for the kidneys, are diuretic, and help to eliminate toxins. Research shows that some substances in radishes can even kill cancer cells. Radishes are often recommended to people to help with jaundice, acne, and psoriasis.
Radishes are good for the kidneys, are diuretic, and help to eliminate toxins. Research shows that some substances in radishes can even kill cancer cells. Radishes are often recommended to people to help with jaundice, acne, and psoriasis.
More about our Giant Radish
Radishes are super fun to plant in your garden: they grow really fast.
This variety produces super large radishes in 4-6 weeks: as big as a ping pong ball. They don't get woody or spongy and have a deliciously mild flavor.
This variety produces super large radishes in 4-6 weeks: as big as a ping pong ball. They don't get woody or spongy and have a deliciously mild flavor.
- Type: Giant Radish Riesenbutter
- Family: cruciferous
- Number per square: 16
- Height: 15 to 20 cm
- Sowing time: March to June and September to mid-October
- Sowing depth: 0.5 to 1 cm
- Germination time: between 10 and 25°C in 3 to 11 days
- Time to harvest: from 4 weeks
- Sunlight: can be in both sun and partial shade
- Packet contents: ± 240 seeds - for 5/7 patches
How to sow and grow radishes?
This radish variety is included in the free Makkelijke Moestuin app. Use it, and you'll get step-by-step guidance from seed to harvest.
Each vegetable goes through a number of stages - we call them levels. The app tells you exactly what to do at each level and checks in when your plants are ready for the next.
So you don't need to know how to grow radishes: the app takes you through every step.
But if you'd like to read more about those steps, here's what the process looks like:
Each vegetable goes through a number of stages - we call them levels. The app tells you exactly what to do at each level and checks in when your plants are ready for the next.
So you don't need to know how to grow radishes: the app takes you through every step.
But if you'd like to read more about those steps, here's what the process looks like:
What do you need to grow your own radishes?
Here's everything you need to grow radishes:
- a 30x30 cm patch in your garden with airy, nutrient-rich soil mix
- radish seeds
- a place with at least 6 to 8 hours of sunlight a day
In other words, an MM-Mini, or a square patch in one of our garden boxes, filled with MM-Mix.
Growing your own radishes in this perfect soil mix is super easy. If you use poor-quality (potting) soil, it's much harder and the results will be disappointing. So just go for the best.
Growing your own radishes in this perfect soil mix is super easy. If you use poor-quality (potting) soil, it's much harder and the results will be disappointing. So just go for the best.
Level 1: Sowing radishes
Level 1: Radijs zaaien
First, pick a square patch in the front of your garden box and loosen up the soil mix.
Then, sow like this:
Then, sow like this:
- poke 16 holes in the square patch (no deeper than 1 cm)
- put 2 to 3 seeds in each hole
- carefully cover the holes with soil mix
After 3 to 11 days, you'll see your first plants come up. It depends a bit on the weather.
Level 2: Radish seedlings
Level 2: Zaailingen van radijs
When you see the first seedlings in your radish patch, you know it's going well. They probably won't all come up at once, but give it another week.
Then it's time for the next level.
Then it's time for the next level.
Level 3: Thinning radishes
Level 3: Radijs moet je uitdunnen
When more than 1 seedling comes up in each hole you sowed, choose the best and remove the rest: that's called thinning out. It might sound harsh, but it's extra important for radishes. They have to grow into thick tubers. If the plants are too close together, only the leaves will grow and the radish won't form.
Take a pair of scissors, leave the biggest seedling per hole, and cut off the others along the soil mix. Never pull them up like a weed. That can damage the roots of your remaining plants.
If you see spots where nothing came up, sow a few more seeds.
Take a pair of scissors, leave the biggest seedling per hole, and cut off the others along the soil mix. Never pull them up like a weed. That can damage the roots of your remaining plants.
If you see spots where nothing came up, sow a few more seeds.
Level 4: Care for your radish plants
Level 4: Verzorging van je radijs plantjes
After a week or 2, your seedlings will become small plants.
You hardly need to do anything: if the weather's dry, give them some water and remove the odd dead or yellow leaf. Easy 🙂
The little plants are cold-resistant.
You hardly need to do anything: if the weather's dry, give them some water and remove the odd dead or yellow leaf. Easy 🙂
The little plants are cold-resistant.
Level 5: Harvesting radishes
Level 5: Oogsten van radijs
About 4 to 5 weeks after sowing, the first radishes are ready to harvest.
Check for the tubers by wiping away the soil mix just under the leaves. The radishes should be at least about 2 cm in diameter, preferably more. How big they get depends on the weather. Sometimes it takes a little longer and they don't all grow at the same rate.
So: harvest the bigger ones, and leave the smaller ones so they can keep growing.
Check for the tubers by wiping away the soil mix just under the leaves. The radishes should be at least about 2 cm in diameter, preferably more. How big they get depends on the weather. Sometimes it takes a little longer and they don't all grow at the same rate.
So: harvest the bigger ones, and leave the smaller ones so they can keep growing.
What do you use radishes for?
You can enjoy radishes by themselves. Eat them raw by the fistful or add them to your salads. In the Netherlands, we love slicing them and putting them on bread with butter. Try it 🙂
You can also stew, bake, or roast radishes. Cooking makes them juicier and evens out the flavor.
Raw radish leaves are nice too. Toss young leaves raw in your salad. Older leaves are best in stews, stir-fry dishes, or pasta.
The last levels
Het laatste level
Time to harvest the last radishes from your radish patch. When it's empty, tidy up the soil mix in your garden box or MM-Mini and get ready for the next round of sowing.
So: what's stopping you from growing radishes yourself?
They're super easy to grow: big, beautiful, and tasty.
Plus: with our app and materials, it's pretty much impossible to fail 😀
Order your radish seeds here or get started with a complete starter kit:
Plus: with our app and materials, it's pretty much impossible to fail 😀
Order your radish seeds here or get started with a complete starter kit:
Enjoy!
