Comments on: Radish without holes

By: Steve Mudge

Steve Mudge — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:49:00 +0000

Mike–Well, there is a cool season in Texas…the fall planting is a gamble from November on–Thanksgiving we were eating dinner outside and a week later it was snowing. They say if you don’t like the weather in Texas just wait 15 minutes and it’ll change! Now, where I lived for the first 47 of my 49 years, in coastal Southern California, you could garden year-round! I even planted Brandywines in February and they finally ran out of steam in December. Must have been great in the old days there to grow vegies for a living. Still, your being confined to a narrow season probably gives you lots of explosive energy in the spring!

By: Cae Besaw

Cae Besaw — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:08:52 +0000

I really enjoy your photography! Those radishes burn so brightly!

By: Mike (tfb)

Mike (tfb) — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:22:32 +0000

Steve: There’s that insanely long season of yours again! :) I just put in 100′ of White Icicle, and also some French Breakfast. When the WI get enough water, they’re great, long and kinda slender, but usually I get stumpier ones, still good, though. I still want to try some summer radishes as well, like 60-day Spanish Black…there’s always next year …

By: Steve Mudge

Steve Mudge — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:13:32 +0000

We had our entire crop of White Icicle Radishes eaten to the ground by Cabbage Looper caterpillars this summer, so I can sympathize with you and the flea beetles…I’ve got a new round of brassicas in starter pots waiting for a break in the heat to put in the ground for a fall planting(eh, although I’ll have to replant the five different Bok Choys I put in just before a trip to Baja California…the dear wife didn’t water them enough!).
Mercifully, the bugs are backing off a little here too…but not enough to turn our backs just yet.