Radishes

Fertilization of Sweet Corn, Celery, Romaine, Escarole, Endive, and Radish on Organic Soils in Florida

George Hochmuth, Ed Hanlon, George Snyder, Russell Nagata, and Tom Schueneman

Daikon Radish Cultivation Guide for Florida

Mary Dixon and Guodong Liu

Daikon radish is a versatile vegetable crop in the mustard family. It produces a large, white, cylindrical fleshy root weighing up to 4-7 lb. Daikon radish is an especially common vegetable in Asia, particularly Japan, and it tends to be less spicy than other garden types of radish. This new 7-page publication of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department provides a primer on cultivation of daikon in Florida, including sections on propagation, growing conditions, pests and diseases, and agricultural, culinary, and medicinal uses.

4-H Youth Grow Radishes and Create Compost

Randy Penn

From seed to salad and beyond, radishes have been big this year at UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County. It started with our 4-H youth development program. Each year, our 4-H program partners with the school gardens program, the Sarasota County 4-H Foundation, and Master Gardener volunteers on a radish growing project aimed at teaching third-grade students […]

What to do with all these radishes!

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HARVESTING YOUR GARDEN, WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THOSE RADISHES! Radishes are an easy vegetable to grow in North Florida in the Spring. And Radishes are a fast growing vegetable that can grow from a seed to a plant in less than 30 days. However, these root vegetables vary in size, taste and color, and […]

Radish: the fastest growing veggie with plenty of variety!

Alicia Lamborn

Radishes make an easy-to-grow addition to the vegetable garden and are a great plant to grow with kids because in only 3-4 weeks that seed will have grown into a ready-to-eat radish. In Florida, radishes can be planted from September to March. Seeds should be set about ¼-inch deep, spaced one inch apart. Sowing seeds […]