Planted a row of 'mixed salad radish' a good while back, and all the usual red ones have been scoffed, however, I am left with white ones and black ones, and they are still growing! Are they going to be tough as old boots, or can I leave them in the ground for a bit longer? Oh, and do they taste like regular radishes????
Years ago, when we had our hugely fertile but nightmare-to-dig plot in Leeds, we grew black spanish round radish (you can get long ones too). They were superb. They sat for ages in the soil - good as gold - no woodiness and no hollow bits either. However the skin seems to get quite thick - easy solution to that (peel it). Ours were quite hot - but that was around 1995 BC (before children) - so a bit of hotness wasn't a problem to anyone...
SB.
Excellent news! I shall leave them to it then until I want them. I am the only one in this family who likes radishes, so as you can imagine, a row can last quite a time. I have to successionally sow, just a couple at a time!!!
ooh - might have to give them a go. Had no luck with normal radishes (tiny and nice or big and woody).
We use our Black Spanish as golf balls... ;D..........Alan
Hubby is impressed with the flavour of black radishes - somewhere inA4A show, there is a picture of my black radishes.
Only grow the white ones :-\ and i usually let them grow till i need them, tried to break the record but as always........... failed :-\ , it only grew 10" long and 5" round but at least it tasted nice ;D.
Peter