Radish flowers

[Verinda]

Last year my radishes didn't get eaten and I let the whole lot go to seed. The flowers were beautiful, pink and white and there was loads of them. They attracted lots of wildlife and it was just great.

Im going to do the same this year!

[KittyColdNose]

My sister did the same last year then ate the seed pods. Apparently they were popular with Queen Victoria.

[ancee]

My kids loved those little seed pods! We'd seen Alys Fowler leave hers to go to seed, so we did the same. We had these little pointed seed head things. They tasted very fresh and a bit peppery. My kids preferred em to the radishes, we're going to leave some to do the same this year

[binley100]

I cannot grow radishes , they always go to seed. Last year we ate the seed pods......this year I'm growing munchen bier 'specially for the pods. Bet I don't get flowers but get beautiful roots

[Verinda]

I picked the seed pods but wasn't sure what to do with them, do you eat them raw or fry them? I nibbled at one but it seemed very hot and spicey.

[KittyColdNose]

Nice in a stir fry

[Verinda]

I'm definitely going to stir fry them this year!

Thank you.

[phil the shed]

they are a great free crop as the harvest dies of.
not as spicy or as peppery
my lad luv'sum as he says.........

[alldigging]

The rats tail radish pods are a bit a spicy but cooked they taste just like cabbage - all the heat disappears.
They self seed like mad if you let them too!

[Verinda]

Oh, then its awful that we didn't eat all those pods last year, there was millions of them!

[JustPotteringAbout]

I'm having radish leaf soup from a previously frozen batch tonight, with the flowers picked today. I let them run to seed because I'm not overly keen on the storage organs.

I chopped the hollow stem and shoots for habitats for solitary bees. Bundled a load of lengths together with elastic bands dropped by the postman and placed around the garden.
Not sure it'll work