Radishes

oldironman · Apr 25, 2011

Has anybody ever herd of sprinkling a little salt on radishes after planting to stop them from getting wormy.

Michael Soldan · Apr 25, 2011

..I've heard of putting wood ashes along the radish row to keep worms out of them

Rusty wheel · Apr 25, 2011

Never heard of that but it sounds like it would work if the rain didn't wash it away. I've heard of planting onions with potatoes to keep the ground wet.

Jim350 · Apr 25, 2011

Never heard of that either but we do put epsom salts in the soil for tomatoes for the magnesium.

JOHNNYfromMI · Apr 25, 2011

Mix hardwood ashes with the dirt before planting keeps the maggots out of them.

teddy52food · Apr 25, 2011

How do you get them to produce radishes? Mine just go to tops. I may get a few to pull, but not many. I plant the seeds by hand about 2 inches apart. Is that too close?

greenbeanman in Kansas · Apr 25, 2011

I've heard of planting onions with potatoes to keep the ground wet.

The onions make the eyes of the potato water thus self-watering.

rustred · Apr 25, 2011

thats too far apart. just sprinkle the seed in and thin them later as they grow . they can pretty much touch each other.

Jim350 · Apr 26, 2011

Plant as early in the spring as you can and later in the summer.
Keep the ground moist.
Full sun.
Thin when they come up.

They do not like the hot summer heat but they do like sunlight.

Here we have the best crop planted in may/june and september.

oldironman · Apr 26, 2011

That's a good one. I'll try that. LOL

Mike (WA) · Apr 26, 2011

Mine grow fine, but always wormy. Went to buying them at the Farmer's Market, grown locally, organic, and never wormy. Asked the guy how he does it- believe it or not, insect netting over the rows! Says its a fly that lays its eggs on the exposed part of the radish, and if you can keep the flys out, no worms! Guess I'll try it this year, if garden ever gets dry enough to work. I'll try the wood ashes, too, just to be on the safe side.

Plant them close enough together that they can't put out a full rosette of leaves- if they have to compete for air space, they'll grow a radish rather than just tops. Keep pulling the larger ones as they grow, so the runts then get a chance.

Mike (WA) · Apr 26, 2011

Wonder if the salt from the tears would keep the radishes from getting wormy? Hmmmm. . .

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