Radish ‘French Breakfast’
Raphanus sativus · Vegetable · No. 31
- Sow under cover
- —
- Sow outdoors
- Mar–Sep
- Harvest
- Apr–Oct
- Germination
- 3–7 days
- Spacing
- 3 cm in the row, 15 cm between rows
- Days to harvest
- 25–35 from sowing
- Sun
- Sun or part shade
- Seed saving
- Moderate
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoors | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | |||||
| Harvest | April | May | June | July | August | September | October |
Notes
Long red and white radish. Leave a few to flower; young seed pods are edible. Insects cross radish varieties.
Saving seed · Moderate
Insects cross it with other varieties. Grow one variety, isolate, or bag and hand-pollinate.
- Grow one variety of this plant, or keep 50 m from others.
- Or bag three flowers before they open and hand-pollinate.
- Leave the seed to ripen fully, then dry 7–14 days.