Mooli?

[Moopmoop]

I was looking to try some Mooli, I found Radish - Long White Icicle on ebay advertised as Mooli? Is that right?

While I'm on, has anyone grown Runner Bean - Hestia, are they worth growing? do you get a decent crop off them? In what size pot would I need to grow them? Thanks

[veggiechicken]

If you want mooli look for Daikon radish tropicalfruitandveg.com | About Mooli
I think long white icicle radishes are just - longish, white radishes (as opposed to round red radishes!).
Don't know about Hestia

[lottie dolly]

I have grown mooli,once,last year was a no no with the weather,it's taste is a strong peppery radish,with large long roots,bigger than a carrot,and a creamy white,a friend of ours loved it,he was eating it like an apple lol,the foliage is like a carrot,i did some in a stir fry,and some in salad,baisicly,if you like a radish,you will like mooli,and VC is correct about it being just a white common radish,the moole is oriental,you will usually find it within that section of seeds,

[Alison]

Aren't Hestia a dwarf bean? Think I grew them once and wasn't impressed as the crop was low but I don't do dwarfies much as I find that I'm better growing upwards so the extra height of the normal tall varieties is better, especially if you have no space.

[Moopmoop]

I'm more confused now, according to wikipedia, long white icicle is daikon, but mooli is a chinese radish? Either way, I've already bought it so I'm growing it this year

[veggiechicken]

Aren't Hestia a dwarf bean? Think I grew them once and wasn't impressed as the crop was low but I don't do dwarfies much as I find that I'm better growing upwards so the extra height of the normal tall varieties is better, especially if you have no space.

Yes Alison, Hestia is a dwarf runner bean for patio pots. I've had some beans for a couple of years, but when it comes to sowing time, they always get pushed to the back of the pile

[veggiechicken]

I'm more confused now, according to wikipedia, long white icicle is daikon, but mooli is a chinese radish? Either way, I've already bought it so I'm growing it this year

What have you bought, Moop?

[Moopmoop]

I've bought long white icicle radish and runner bean hestia too. I normally grow upward with beans but it's good to experiment isn't it?

[veggiechicken]

See your post about Marshall's seeds then - and page 79 of their catalogue

[Matt94]

I've grown both - the mooli went to seed and the hestia beans tend to lay on the ground, so they get eaten before you get a chance to pick them. However they maybe better in pots???

[ancee]

MoopMoop - i have some mooli seeds if you'd like some?

[veg man]

MoopMoop - i have some mooli seeds if you'd like some?

If MoopMoop does not want them any chance of a few never tried them befor but i like raddish Many Thanks

[veggiechicken]

I think - and I may well be wrong - that long white icicle are summer radish and mature within a few weeks whilst Mooli are in the ground for much longer and not sown until summer. They're more like a long hot turnip than a radish!!!

[hollychap]

long white icicle is the radish i grow most of there a summer radish which grows 3 maybe 4 inch long with an exellent nutty flavour . mooli i grew once they will grow to the size of a standard cucumber 12"plus in length you can buy them fresh in most asian supermarkets keep meaning to grow them again will have to locate some seeds

[Moopmoop]

Ancee - thanks very much, that's very kind of you. I'll have a few seeds please but I don't need many. Are there any seeds you are looking for or should I send you a SAE? I'll PM you my address.