Heirloom Radish 'Pink Beauty'
Pretty as a picture with its blushing rosy-pink exterior and crisp white flesh, this heirloom radish offers a crunchy texture and a lovely balance of sweetness and gentle spice.
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Radishes are fast, but healthy food! They grow really quickly and can be ready to pick in just 4 to 8 weeks. Their colourful, round, red balls are crisp and crunchy and ideal for slicing thinly into salads or making into fun edible critters. Give them a ‘grow’!
How to grow radishes in a garden
- Find a sunny spot that receives at least 6 hours of sun a day.
- Fill starter pots or trays with Yates Black Magic Seed Raising Mix. Sow seeds 6mm deep, cover, firm down and water well. Keep the soil moist so the seeds don’t dry out.
- While the seedlings are growing, choose a sunny spot in the garden and prepare the planting area well by loosening the soil and digging in Yates Thrive Natural Blood & Bone with Seaweed. You can also sow direct into the prepared beds.
- Once seedlings have emerged, feed weekly with Yates Thrive Natural Fish Seaweed+ Plant Food Concentrate. Allow seedlings to grow to about 3-4cm before transplanting.
- When transplanting them into your prepared garden bed, thin out weak plants and ensure seedlings are well spaced (check label for specifications). Mulch with an organic mulch, such as pea or lucerne straw and water in well.
- Feed weekly with Yates Thrive Natural Fish Seaweed+ Plant Food Concentrate.
- Harvest while roots are young and tender. Leaving them in the ground can spoil their taste.
- Make successive sowings every few weeks to extend the harvest window.
How to grow radishes in a pot
- Choose a pot at least 300mm wide and deep. Position in full sun.
- Fill starter pots or trays with Yates Black Magic Seed Raising Mix. Sow seeds 6mm deep, cover, firm down and water well. Keep the soil moist so the seeds don’t dry out.
- Once seedlings have emerged, feed weekly with Yates Thrive Natural Fish Seaweed+ Plant Food Concentrate. Allow seedlings to grow to about 3-4cm before transplanting.
- Once seedlings reach 3-4cm tall, fill chosen pots with quality potting mix, such as Yates Premium Potting Mix. Transplant seedling into pot and water in well with Yates Thrive Natural Fish Seaweed+ Plant Food Concentrate.
- Feed weekly with Yates Thrive Natural Fish Seaweed+ Plant Food Concentrate.
- Harvest while roots and young and tender. Leaving them in the ground can spoil their taste. Make successive sowings every few weeks to extend the harvest window.
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These red and white, finger-length radishes with crisp flesh are tasty and attractive.
Radish 'Gentle Giant'
A premium hybrid radish that grows to a large size (up to 6cm across) without becoming stringy.
Radish 'White Icicle'
These beautiful long snowy roots of crisp and tender flesh are quick and easy to grow.
Radish 'Salad Crunch'
Plump, cherry-red globes with crisp white flesh. Ideal salad variety. Quick and easy to grow.
Radish 'Amethyst'
A uniquely vibrant, bright purple skinned radish with crisp white flesh. Makes a salad into a striking visual feast, with beautifully contrasting purple and bright white tones.
Heirloom Radish Mix
A delightful range of pink, red, white and purple, this heirloom radish mix will add a pop of colour, flavour and crunch. These tasty beauties have been enjoyed for generations.
Radish 'Cherry Bell' (Organic)
Plump, cherry-red globes with crisp white flesh. Ideal salad variety.
Growing Tips
- Radishes are great to sow with carrots. The radish seeds germinate first and help make the soil softer for carrots. Radishes are quick growing, so you can start picking the radishes while you wait for the carrots to grow.
- You can pick a few of the radish leaves for salads before the round red roots are ready.
- Radishes can be picked when they’re quite small up to when they are a few centimetres across. The earlier they are picked, the more sweet and tender they are, so don’t leave them in the ground for too long.
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Yates Thrive Natural Blood & Bone with Seaweed
A certified organic garden input boosted with NZ Seaweed to gently nourish plants, enrich the soil and encourage a strong healthy root system.
Yates Thrive Natural Fish & Seaweed+ Plant Food Concentrate
A complete plant food enriched with natural fish, seaweed, humates, molasses and more - boosted with NPK to improve plant and soil vitality.
Yates Premium Potting Mix
A premium potting mix, ideal for all potted plants and shrubs, including ornamentals, fruit trees, vegies and herbs.
Yates Black Magic Seed Raising Mix
Specially formulated for trouble-free seed raising in trays (or outdoor seed sowing direclty into the ground) and propagation of cuttings.
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