Small radish

How to grow Small radish growing and care:

Little cold weather, well-drained soil

What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seedling / Seed

Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No

Difficulties or problems when growing:
need to know when to pick it that the root won’t be fibrous

Planting season:
Autumn-winter – frost free area / Spring – temperate climate

Pests and diseases:
Pieris (butterfly), prodenia (Spodoptera), slugs, aphids

Pruning season:
All the season

How to prune:
No need

Size of the plant?
Blossom stem 20-60cm (8-24 inches), root 1-4 cm (0.25-1.8 inches), leaf 5-15 cm (2-6 inches)

Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing

Water requirement:
Average amount of water

Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun / Half Shade / Full Shade (not recommended)

Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
Yes but mostly the root won’t be good enough for use

Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes

Blooming information

Bloom season:
Summer

General information about the flower
White-purple flowers grow on inflorescence

Pollination is done by:
bees

Edible leaves

Leaves harvesting season
In cold area spring-summer in frost free autumn-winter

How to harvest the leaves?
Trim the leaves in the base of the leave next to the stem, for salad young leaves for cooked mature leaves, better not to trim the leaves before the root picked up

Information about leaves:
Leaves the shape pinnatisect with oval top in the color green

Uses of Small radish leaves:
Salad, cooked

Edible Roots

Information about Small radish bulb:
White root round to oval shape, the peel can be red, pink or purple, sometime the bottom is white

When to pull up Small radish bulb:
In cold area spring-summer in frost free autumn-winter, 15-20 day

Uses of Small radish bulb:
Salad, eaten raw, pickled

Scientific name:

Raphanus sativus Var. radicula