How to Grow Radish at Home

• Radish is the easiest, quickest vegetable to grow.
• They can take 21 days under optimal conditions to reach maturity.
• Plant fresh seed every two weeks to ensure you always have Radish ready-to-eat.
• Seeds are planted about one centimetre deep and germinate within the first two or three days of planting them.
• If the Radish bulbs stick out of the ground, once grown, you can ridge soil up around them.
• Plant Carrot and Radish seeds mixed together, as the Radish opens the ground and are faster growing.
• The Radishes protect the Carrots while they're small and the Carrot can develop its root more easily after the Radish has been harvested.

Companions (do well together)
• Radishes enjoy the company of Nasturtiums, Squashes, Melons, Peas, Parsnip, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Lettuces, Carrots, and Beans.
• Radish flowers keep cucumber beetles at bay.

Antagonists (don't do well together)
• Hyssop does not thrive with Radish.

• Radish can be eaten raw or pickled.
• They add a nice crunchy texture to stir-fried dishes.
• Try steam or saute the young radish leaves with equal amounts of spinach
• Add the flowers and leaves to a salad.
• Radish greens contain more Vitamin C than the root.
• Harvest radish as soon as they are full grown. Do not let them go too long or they will be tough and tasteless.

• 4 -6 Radish
• Cucumber
• Lettuce
• Parsley
• Fennel
• Sesame seed
• Feta cheese (optional)
• Oil for dressing
• Lemon juice
• Salt and pepper


• Wash and slice the Radish.
• Slice up the cucumber.
• Break up the lettuce, fennel and parsley.
• Toss all the fresh ingredients together and sprinkle with sesame seed and Feta.
• Dress with oil and lemon juice.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• This dish makes a delicious side dish or a light lunch.

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