It's Radish month at Heart Beets!
Radishes not only make your skin glow they are one of the easiest vegetables for children to grow.
Planting
Plant 4-6 weeks before the average date of last frost, after aged manure or organic fertilizer has been worked into soil.
Direct sow seeds ½ inch to an inch deep and one inch apart in rows 12 inches apart.
Thin to about 2-inch spacings. Crowded plants will not grow well.
Radishes need sun. If they are planted in too much shade—or even where neighboring vegetable plants shade them—they put all their energy into producing larger leaves.
Practice three-year crop rotation.
Plant consecutively every two weeks or so while weather is still cool for a continuous harvest of radishes.
Plan on a fall planting. You can plant radishes later than any other root crop in late summer or early fall and still get a harvest.
Care
Radishes require well-drained soil with consistent moisture. Keep soil evenly moist.
Thin radishes to about an inch apart when the plants are a week old. You will be amazed at the results.
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