The radishes on the left were planted after the ones on the right. It had dawned on Andy that a lot of people had tromped on the dirt, so he loosened the soil before planting the new row. It helped a lot.
Radishes are fun to plant because they come up so fast — in ideal conditions they are mature in three to four weeks. Unfortunately, they don’t like hot weather:
Stop growing when hot weather shows up. This basically means that if you’re having consecutive days of 60 °F (16 °C) or above you should hold off on your radish planting until it gets cooler.
—WikiHow
The best guess is Andy will get flowers and seeds rather than tasty roots, but we’ll see. No matter what happens, it’s a fun experiment.
November 24, 2019
yes it is fun! just watching with you and Andy. 🙂
xo
😀 A shared adventure.
I didn’t know radishes have flowers. Can’t wait to see them.
Here’s a link that shows what they look like:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/radish/radishes-bolting.htm
I hope you get a surprise and there are radishes…I always think of my husband’s grandmother when I hear/see radishes cause she liked them so much.
Even if this batch doesn’t work out, I’m guessing Andy will keep trying. And I could be wrong about this batch.
I think you can eat the leaves as well…maybe check that on our friend Mr Google though…and I’m wondering is the soil tithed (?right term) enough, it doesn’t look very fine…
The soil isn’t very fine, but that’s what the company sent us. Eventually Andy will probably get a rototiller — it’s a long-range project.
maybe he could invest in sifter, a bit like the sort you used to have to sift flour with…then he could at least get the larger particles out for a “bed run” – cost wouldn’t be quite a eye-watering as a rototiler…
He says the large chunks are the hummus he asked for. It retains moisture, I think. He’s happy with it.
I’m not a fan of radishes so I didn’t know anything about planting them
All I remember is they grow fast and it’s fun to watch.
Here’s hoping you get some tasty roots!
Thanks. 🙂