This article will focus on radishes with a growing season of less than 21 days.
Radish is the earliest ripening root vegetable, which is why it is loved by many gardeners not only in Russia but also abroad.
Radishes, like all other vegetable plants, are divided into categories according to their growing season:
| DISCHARGE | VARIETY |
| Ultra-early ripening | 18 Days, Rover F1 |
|
Early ripening
|
"Beauty", "Greenhouse Gribovsky" |
| Mid-season
| "Würzburg 59", "Vera"
|
| Late
| "Rampouche", "Rondo" |
Many producers promise a harvest for ultra-early radishes in just two weeks FROM SOWING (!!!).
This is impossible to achieve under normal garden or greenhouse conditions, as radishes, due to their short growing season, cannot be fed, as they will accumulate toxins, and many gardeners want to grow organic produce.
Radishes, in turn, although they are early maturing plants, are not able to gain the root mass necessary for any kind of consumption.
Radish begins to develop roots only after two or three true leaves, and this means the plant is already at least 7-10 days old, and the root cannot grow in 4 days.
Ultra-early radishes, based on my experience and that of many gardeners, grow in at least 20 days.
Ultra-early radishes, unlike their late-ripening counterparts, are smaller, but are in no way inferior in taste.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Early ripening;
- Friendly ripening of root crops;
- Ultra-early ripening varieties are not prone to flowering;
- Rarely affected by pests;
- Not picky in care.
Cons:
- Small root vegetables;
- The ripening dates on the packaging do not always correspond to reality.
Care
Care consists of watering (at the rate of 3 liters per square meter) every day, loosening and weeding.
Note: radishes should not be fed because they will accumulate toxins!
Prepare the soil in advance, fertilize it two weeks before sowing, or better yet, in the fall.
Thanks to everyone who read to the end!
We grow Globus F1 radishes from early-ripening radishes. The packaging claims they ripen 16-18 days after sowing, but in reality, we start harvesting on the 25th day. Yes, some radishes ripen a little earlier because they reach technical maturity faster, but generally, the harvesting time is delayed. I believe this is incorrect – the time should be stated from the emergence of the first shoots, not from sowing. I completely agree with you.
The thing is, it's an F1 hybrid. Where I'm from, specifically the city of Bataysk, its western part, is the Radish Capital—that's what our region on the Don is jokingly called. For as long as I can remember, we've grown radishes (which ripen in 21 days), and the seeds of these radishes are easy to harvest and produce the same fruits. But you can only find these seeds at our grandmothers', and these are the radishes with the white stems. As for watering, you're absolutely right. I didn't like it as a child because I was the one doing the watering; the soil should always be at least moist. So that's a story from my childhood.
You and I are fellow countrymen, I am also from RO.
As far as I've noticed, as an experienced gardener, everything needs to be calculated from the moment the seedlings emerge.