RADISH EARLY SCARLET GLOBE - SEED

RADISH EARLY SCARLET GLOBE

Description
Early Scarlet Globe Radish Seeds (Summer Type) 2090 Heirloom Vegetable. Bright scarlet roots with pure white, crisp, tender flesh that has a very mild taste. Our stock is a special strain with medium tops about 7.5 cm (3″) high. This is a good variety to choose if your soil tends to be a little sandy or on the drier side. Grown since the late 1890’s. This product is part of our Vegetable Garden Starter Kit; click here to check it out.

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

PROPAGATION
Sow Direct Every Two Weeks as Long As Weather Is Cool

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
24

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