Topic: Radishes

[Vony]

Hot radishes.? My father used to grow them on his allotment and they were really hot. I think they were longer in shape, half white and half red. This week with salad, the red ones are virtual]y tasteless. Are the hot ones not grown commercially any more. 

[antipodes]

You might like to grow Black radish - this is often grown here in France, and is very winter hardy so is popular in autumn and winter. It produces a large black coloured root a little like an elongated turnip, and has nice hot flesh which is great grated up, or even very thinly sliced.

For normal radish, I think the hotness has something to do with the amount of water they get?

[Vony]

Mant thanks Vony.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Does anyone know what size to harvest rat-tailed radishes at? I've been told 5-6mm, is that right?

[saddad]

I used to get them at little finger length... 

[Robert_Brenchley]

I'm not sure mine are going to get that long, but maybe I should let them grow a bit bigger.

[claybasket]

Can you do anything else with radishes ? cook them ? mine are very hot and I find I can't eat them raw!

[saddad]

The winter radish are very hot and big enough to cook... once heated they are a bit like turnip...