RADISH CHERRY BELLE - SEED TAPE

RADISH CHERRY BELLE

Description
Cherry Belle Radish Seeds (Summer Type) 2085 Heirloom Vegetable. Quick as a wink to grow! A delightful cherry red root that has solid, crisp, very sweet and mild tasting flesh. This is an extra early variety that forces well under glass and maintains its good eating quality for an extended period. Try this variety for late spring/early summer plantings. Introduced in 1949.

How to Grow
90-100 seed/gram. Sow early varieties in a sunny site as soon as the ground is workable in the spring. Winter radishes are generally sown in mid-summer. Sow seed every two weeks 12 mm (1/2″) deep and about 2.5 cm (1″) apart in rows about 30 cm (12″) apart. Keep soil evenly moist during germination and growth. Harvest in 3-4 weeks when the roots have reached the size of a large marble. One packet sows approximately 6 m (20’) of row.

LIFECYCLE
Annual

DAYS TO EMERGENCE
5

LIGHT
Full Sun

GROWTH HABIT
Root Crop

HEIGHT
Low to Medium (75 to 30 cm)(3" to 12")

FROST TOLERANCE
Frost Hardy

DAYS TO HARVEST
21

DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY
Easy

HERITAGE
Heirloom

LENGTH OF ROW PACKET
One packet sows approximately 6 m (20') of row.

FAMILY NAME
Brassicaceae

LATIN
Raphanus sativus