growing radishes in containers

[hawthorns]

im fed up with slugs eating my radish that are in the ground, so im going to grow them in containers. what is the best medium to grow them in. i have multi purpose compost, 5 yr old horse manure and a bag of focus top soil.

[mrdinkle]

I have mine just in compost in a container.. If I had your stuff at my disposal I'd put a bit of compost at the bottom, a thin slither of manure and then a mixture of topsoil and compost. I am not a pro though - wait for further advice.

Do you not have barbed wire for the perimeter as well?

[lyndap]

Multicompost is fine.They dont need feeding or anything.Just keep well watered.

[Redpepper]

I think if you add manure, they might put on a lot of foliage at the expense of the roots.

[ckfe]

i overwatered mine and they drowned

[Lemon]

sorry to hear that ckfe....don't worry - try again, radishes grow quickly

[Iamhanuman]

just multi-purpose compost for us

[Two_Sheds]

I'm going to grow them in pots too on my patio. The allotment ones are useless: all attacked by cabbage root fly, slugs and flea beetles.

[Lemon]

Hawthorns, I just use multi-purpose - it does the job. I sprinkle horticultural sand/grit or crushed egg shells on the ground after sowing the radish seeds to stop slug attack. I just top up every now and again. Ones in ground so far ok. Trough ones too small for little nibbles as yet

[dillydallydaisy]

I have mine in containers of multi-purpose with copper tape round the pots. They have been untouched by slugs who have decimated the marigolds growing nearby.

[sweetiepea]

Those in pots are in multi-purpose compost with an outer ring of coffee grounds and an inner one of crushed egg shells (double protection!!). So far NO SLUGS. I've used the same technique with those in my raised beds - with the same result! Yipee.

[HayleyB]

I've got various buckets, mind you caterpillers are still an issue I found last year.

[Fat Bob]

I grew mine in a trough but the only trouble with pots and containers is that they provide perfect living conditions for the snails and slugs hiding under the rims and sides - with food on the doorstep.

I gave up fighting, I just eat the ones that haven't been grazed.