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Gardening

Denninmi

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2. Daikons.

Reply to HopeHoops (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 09:40 PM

Jan 2012

They take a lot longer to grow than European types, and are fussy, but the rewards are great. A well-grown daikon is crisp, sweet, mild, and very large.

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Favorite radish variety? [View all] HopeHoops Jan 2012 OP

Ha! just ordered Easter Egg (ran out) - also French Breakfast (first time). NRaleighLiberal Jan 2012 #1

Plant radishes everywhere and anytime. GREAT soil booster. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #3

French Breakfast are my favorites... Gormy Cuss Jan 2012 #5

me too--French Breakfast Radish ginnyinWI Jan 2012 #6

Daikons. Denninmi Jan 2012 #2

Somewhere I have a picture of my eldest holding a daikon in NH. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #4

72 days on average. You need well-worked soil because they're huge. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #12

My question is are there any varieties which taste significantly different? meat the beetles. Jan 2012 #7

Not really, IMHO. Denninmi Jan 2012 #8

I don't know any two varieties that taste the same. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #11

I love French Breakfest BlueToTheBone Feb 2012 #9

Those are good. I've grown them. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #10

About radishes. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #13