A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2006 Above ground radishes

Marina, I'm eating one right now as I read posts.
I used a good dark whole grain bread.
This is really good ! It's like the butter mellows the radish somehow.
Everybody, try this !
Thanks, Marina !

Glad you're enjoying the dark bread is the key I think.

I do think the butter balances well with the radish. Can't wait till me and you can have some fresh

I didn't think it was an unusal way to eat them till writing the post, my boyfriend gave me an odd look. But as weird as it sounds, its delicous

Marina-

I can't wait either ! This time we're gonna have real radishes !
BTW, the radish sandwich is definitely going to be something I eat from now on. It is truly good. I never would have thought of using radishes for sandwiches.
Thanks so much for bringing up the subject !

Sheri, Those look really good!

I've never had a radish sandwich, but some people have never had a pineapple sandwich or banana sandwich either. It's such fun to try new stuff.

Marina, I bought my seeds in a package and just planted them in a row in the garden. Radishes grow in this area for some reason. I've already put out some more sees so I'll have them until it gets too hot. Part of my garden is in full sun, part of it gets a lot of shade. They do well on either end. My soil is very acidic (isn't that what oak trees do to the soil?).

We all have the same problem. I planted rads the 2nd week of march and got nothing After reading some posts I planted them again and made sure they each had an inch between them to grow> I watered them regular, friday it did not look good but after camping for the weekend we came home today and I picked 50 or more perfect rads the only advise I can give is to give them space and be patient.

Congrads I am hoping my second, third, and fourth (yea... I really wanted to make sure so I scattered some in various places) will work out better!

Glad to hear sucess can be achieved when it didn't work out the first time!!!! Thank you for sharing the sucess

Marina-

Hey, Marina, guess what I had for a snack tonight?

LOL. Since I have been talking about them I think I am going to go to the store myself to have my own this evening

Good ! I really like them, I hope you all try one ! Right, Marina?
BTW, my radish seeds are up ! The 5 seeds I planted the other day.
If I hafta kiss 'em good night and tuck them in, I will ! Anything to get a real radish !

Ok, I know the trick for those of you having string radishes. Just leave them in the ground for a while. This hadn't happened to me before and I thought you guys had jinxed me. But when I started to pull one and saw that it was just like a root, I put the soil back around it and left it until today. I harvested a bunch of big, fat radishes tonight. No stringy, root things at all.

i grow radishes al lthe time and they grow fine for me---make sure you seperate and sow them good once they start to grow in--also, make sure to fertilize if possible...

This fall I'm gonna get real radishes if I hafta plant them one per paper cup !!!!!!