We tried a new way of growing radishes here at the community garden, one that you may not yet be familiar with. Most of our radishes got harvested in the normal way, but we saved about 5 or 6 plants to go to flower. Here’s the bed in bloom in early July:
Along all of those stems, the flowers are giving way to juicy radish pods. About half the size of a pea-pod, they have a really nice, juicy, mildly radishy taste. Some varieties of radish have been bred to be grown like this – one well-known one is called “Rat Tail”, which may explain why these pods have been slow to catch on – but any radish will do. Close-up of the pods:
They’re great fresh from the garden, in salads, or in a stir fry, and a great way to get a second crop out of your radish bed without any extra planting or work. Genius!
Tags: community garden, harvest, Langley Middle School, LMS, new crops, pod, radish, radish pod, rat tail, seeds
August 16, 2008 at 1:20 am |
Your blog is interesting!
Keep up the good work!
September 1, 2008 at 9:15 am |
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May 17, 2009 at 8:51 pm |
This is really interesting! I’ll have to try this technique with a few of mine. Does this work with the Asian types as well?