radish seed - are they all created equal?

Author: wenzhang1

Sep. 09, 2024

radish seed - are they all created equal?

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I appreciate the responses and have started culling out the runts instead of letting them continue to occupy space and suck resources. I figure they are ungraded as well. The seed I use now is much better looking than the little packs, at least with regards to unbroken seed. But I have never seen radish seed that is uniform in size. I may well have to try to trial it, if I can figure a screen, to see if helps.

This seed is a few years old and my brother has used some, but I probably still have a 1/4lb in that pack. I swore off the little store packs measured in tens of a gram. A few years back I started 3 packs of radish seed that cost about $6 total. One pack seeded all of 5 ft of row and then only germinated maybe 30%, real spotty. A second pack germinated about 3%...three percent. A third pack was fine and looked more or less normal germination, but was big pink hot radishes that took a long time compared to the little red ones I like.

So far it has been a pretty good radish year, due to me watering more, or the way I planted. I started by putting in seed in my grow holes for transplants, so I had some things to pick when I put in tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and broccoli. Every time I have an empty spot I've been trying to remember to seed with something, or sometimes all of them. Radish lettuce spinach turnip red beets parsnips. The only problem I had is one spot where the turnips and radishes are way up over the sweet potatoes. I need to find those again.

A pound of radish seed is a whole lot for a home garden, but since I found a place to buy commercial seed in the bulk packs, I haven't bought store seed packs much at all. 500 ct eggplant, 8 oz red beet and spinach, 2lb min peas and corn. Last time (spring '19) I bought 5lb of cascadia peas and they are about gone in two seasons. I have close to 200 ft of pea row this spring, plus 18 ft I planted but wiped for summer squash instead. When I take down the trellises next month I may have to save seed from missed pods for fall planting, because I won't buy 4 or 8 oz for $10 at tractor supply. Lettuce I save myself and for the first time this year I purposefully overwintered some parsnips for seed. In spring I gathered them at the head of one bed and it beautiful yellow jungle canopy covered in beeflies, solider beetles, and ladybugs. I don't know that I want to try to save seed from radish though!

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One of the classic radish varieties for the home gardener. Spicy when small and milder when large it has a lovely red and white color. Very versatile and easy to grow!

After danger of frost has passed plant seeds 1/4" deep in prepared soil. Thin seedlings to 2" apart. Plant in early spring and again in fall 1 month before frost is due. Water regularly for best tasting radish. Great for containers.