A 35-day radish that's rosy pink, delicious and great for salads
Let's look at growing salad rose
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So this variety of radish that is called salad rose
Is actually from Russia
And it is a pink colored radish that grows up to 8 inches long
And it's great for salads
Not only is the radish itself good for salads
You can even use the young leaves
And you can harvest the leaves while the plant is growing
And use them in salads
And it tastes amazing!
So the container we're using here is about 12 inches deep and quite wide
And for the potting mix we're using a mix of peat moss, perlite
And a little bit of garden lime
I've also added some organic fertilizer because it takes a little bit of time for the fertilizer
to set in
And once the seedlings sprout and start growing
They can use the nutrition that is provided by the fertilizer
And as you can see here, we're sowing our seeds about 4 inches apart
So in this container we should be able to get a lot of radish
So here are the radish plants
And as you can see they are growing really well
And its been about 20 days since we sowed the seeds
And at this time if you haven't added any fertilizer for your radish
It may be a good time to add a liquid fertilizer
However do note that unless you're growing the radishes for the greens
You do not want to add a lot of fertilizer
Because that will cause a lot of leaf growth and smaller radishes
So the slugs do like to eat the radish leaves
So if you can get rid of the slugs
That will give you a lot better leaves for your radish plant
So this radish plant is rated for harvest at 35 days
And we're harvesting our radish now at 33 days
And let's see how the harvest looks like
And most of these radishes should have grown to the expected size
Within this time of 33 days
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So as you can see these radishes are great
They are probably about 6-8 inches as was described on the seed packet
And we've washed them well and you can see that
Not only are the greens looking great
But also the radish looks to be of great quality
And again this radish is not very pungent
So its great to add to your salads
And you can also eat it cooked
So in my opinion this is actually a very versatile radish
Because like the french breakfast
You can eat it raw, you can eat it in salads
And you can also eat it cooked
And hence this radish becomes
One of the most versatile radishes you can grow in your garden
So I hope you liked this episode on growing the salad rose radish
And I'd like to know from you
What radish varieties do you like to grow?
I'll see you again soon
Happy Gardening!
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