Saflax - Organic - Radish - Black Spanish Round - Raphanus sativus - 100 seeds - Winter radish – aromatic small globe. A nice gift for good friends - or for yourself. A small gift box (10 x 10 x 10 cm) with a pot, a dome lid made of biodegradable PLA for the ideal greenhouse climate, germ-free dried growing substrate and of course the seeds you have selected. Worth knowing: The Spanish winter radish develops large round, dark coloured aromatic tubers with firm flesh and excellent storage quality. Its rich flavour is due to the mustard seed oil that is embedded in the storage tissue.. With summer radish varieties it will take about 8 to 10 weeks until harvest, whereas winter radish takes 13 to 15 weeks. In case of doubt, it is always better to harvest the radish earlier rather than later, as it will become woody when harvested too late. If you squeeze the tuber a little between your thumb and index finger it shouldn’t soften. Radish is usually not processed, but eaten fresh instead. It can be cut into slices or grated and eaten with a dip or dressing. A popular way is the use as beer radish, when the radish is cut into slices and eaten while having a nice beer. Radish is also well suited for Asian dishes: cut the radish like a carrot into sticks and place them in salt for about 15 minutes. After that, wash off the salt with water and add the radish to the other vegetables in your wok. Harvested tubers of spring or summer varieties that are wrapped in moist kitchen cloth and kept in the fridge are only good to store for about three days. If you keep the radish longer than that it will become soft and rubbery. Autumn and winter radish varieties, on the other hand, are storable in high humidity and a temperature around the freezing point for a couple of months even. Natural Place: The radish has its origin presumably in the eastern Mediterranean and in Asia. Cultivation: You can sow the spring and summer radish between April and the beginning of August, whereas autumn and winter radish should be sown between the beginning of July and the end of August. Summer radish also can be pre-cultivated from February on in a cool room on the windowsill or in a greenhouse. With radish varieties that develop long and straight tubers you should break up and loosen the soil a little bit deeper accordingly. Place the seeds with 25 to 30 cm space in between about 2 to 3 cm deep into seed furrows that are provided with some compost padding. Depending on the ground temperature, it will take two to three weeks until germination. Place: Like most vegetables, radish prefers a full-sunny place. It is very much suited for mixed cultivation along with carrots, tomatoes and beans. Care: Water the plant regularly, as with persistent dryness the tuber will cease to grow, become unsavoury and bitter, and the plant tends to shoot. With unevenly watering the tubers often become cracked. Hold back on fertilizing as radish has the peculiarity to take and store the nitrates. Radish is a rather undemanding plant. However, providing a cultivation guard net can be recommended, as radish is popular with cabbage flies and flea beetles. During Winter: Sow again in the next year. Bonsai: No Picture credits: Because of technical limitations links are shown as text. 58576-raphanus-sativus-seed-package-front-german.jpg - About © : Contact SAFLAX - - saflax.de/copyright 18576-raphanus-sativus-cultivation-instruction-german.jpg - Frank Laue - © Saflax - saflax.de/copyright 18576-32-raphanus-sativus.jpg - About © : Contact SAFLAX - - saflax.de/copyright 18576-33-raphanus-sativus.jpg - About © : Contact SAFLAX - - saflax.de/copyright 18576-34-raphanus-sativus.jpg - About © : Contact SAFLAX - - saflax.de/copyright 18576-34-raphanus-sativus.jpg - About © : Contact SAFLAX - - saflax.de/copyright 18576-35-raphanus-sativus.jpg - About © : Contact SAFLAX - - saflax.de/copyright 18576-36-raphanus-sativus.jpg - About © : Contact SAFLAX - - saflax.de/copyright 18576-37-raphanus-sativus.jpg - About © : Contact SAFLAX - - saflax.de/copyright