It’s been 10 1/2 weeks since I planted my Radish test plot in my garden. I have recorded photos and reports in previous posts and now this is the “FINAL JUDGMENT” of the different varieties that were included this spring. I’ll report mainly via photos and captions. Just a reminder, about 5 weeks ago I thinned out plots of each variety so I’d reflect 2 different seeding rates; ~5#/acre, and ~12-15#/acre. The goal was to see if seeding rates matter and also if we can use fewer radishes and still accomplish great results.
I’ll be planting another radish plot in a week or so to see how a mid-summer planting plots might differ. I’ll also add some of the other popular varieties/brands and two more experimental varieties folks are sending for us to test.
What do you think?
very good plot. this mirrors what I have seen the past 3 yrs. in my plots. I had come to the conclusion that 3-5 #/ a is the optimum rate for root size. I have also seen that too many other species planted in combination also reduced root size.
We are looking for an area to trial
3 new selections of daikon radish for
cover crop..
Gary Weaver
Weaver Seed of Oregon
living in michigan and having planted both daikon type and oil seed radishs i like daikon because of thegrowth above and below ground.iplanted my covers after wheat harvest.august 1.when frost killed radishs the radish was 5 inches in diameter and 18 inches and more below the ground.i always seed annual rye and a legume to build up my soil