Challenge - Grow Radish with me in 2015

[mothhawk]

Mine are up. Still on the windowsill.

[Jay-ell]

Haven't been bothered to rearrange the furniture so I've popped my cherry belles into pots in the electric propagator on my garage bench. I'll move them onto a windowsill when they poke through and sow a pot or two a week (7 seven radishes a pot) until the weather warms up and I'm ready to so my parsnips.

[Lisasbolt]

Planting 3 tubs;

French breakfast,
Zlata (a yellow type)
Noir groslong d'hiver de Paris

Will really need to thin out the others, i planted a few extra as the seed is out of date but they did great

[Potstubsdustbins]

Being tight I plant my radish seed individually so sometimes have a packet three years old, never have a problem with germination.

[Guest]

Sowed Scarlet Globe 12.01.15 - 10/13 are up and living on the windowsill



I will finish my cuppa then sow the next lot

[Jay-ell]

Potty, I can imagine you leaning over a row going "one carrot, two carrots..... 128 carrots"


Got back from work and peeked into the propagator and four radishes are sprouting.

Need to get that pasting table up soon then.

[Bohobumble]

Here's my first batch: https://greengardengate.wordpress.co...p-carousel-518

I am still to sow my second lot :/

[Potstubsdustbins]

#50 NG they are struggling for light and going leggy.

[Guest]

#50 NG they are struggling for light and going leggy.

They are being erratic. I have had another one come up over night. I will see how go I am not expecting anything great.

[Bohobumble]

#50 NG they are struggling for light and going leggy.

I think mine are too, what does that mean in terms of growth/flavour etc? Is it just too early in terms of light levels? I did my second sowing today :s

[Potstubsdustbins]

This is only my opinion.
Growth, there will be very little of no root, the tops will have fallen over. The tops themselves are edible of course but I prefer to wait a while and have the root/bulb itself.

Taste I wouldn't know having never ate a top.

[mothhawk]

Sowed another 10 seeds today, in half and half vermiculite and JI. A globe radish this time, Sparkler. I'm not expecting wonders, but the simple fact that the first lot came up is an advance for me. In the garden they never seem to come up.
....Unless they are grazed off before I see them, of course

[Bohobumble]

I sowed another batch of Mixed (French Breakfast, Scarlet Globe and Sparkler) today, my second batch are sprouting now

[Guest]

Well I have some big leggy ones. some small leggy ones and some I was late sowing

Note to self - must go to the 'blame VC thread' for starting this challenge

[Bohobumble]

Well I have some big leggy ones. some small leggy ones and some I was late sowing

I have learned that they need to be on a windowsill to sprout but they do seem to be fine in the unheated greenhouse, even when the allotment got down to -8 the other day (2 leggy ones didn't seem best pleased but the rest are fine). They just need that warmth to start with.