Watermelon Radish

Raphanus sativus

Spectacular fall radish with a green and white exterior and hot pink interior. It truly lives up to its name and you have to see it to believe it. Watermelon radish is sweeter than your typical radish if you wait to harvest until after a few hard frosts. This tempers their pungency and turns the starches into sugar. This variety is only for late summer planting and fall harvest as spring sown plants will be pungent and prone to bolting. They store all winter. We often are eating them out of the root cellar well into June the following year.

Sowing Instructions:

Direct sow only.

Sow approx. 6 weeks before first fall frost.

Plant spacing 2-4” apart

Row Spacing 12” apart

Mix in a good compost and a sprinkle of wood ash at time of sowing.

Harvest:

Harvest when roots size up. For sweeter less pungent radishes, harvest after several hard frosts.