My radishes have been so successful this year I'm shocked! Last year (first year gardening) I tried your method but not completely properly, I got a lot of leaves and not much root development. This year I did the multisowing in modules but spaced them better, directly into undisturbed compost and wow! What a result. Also my neighbor wanted to know about my no-dig beds made with cardboard directly on grass, and now she's made one of her own. God Bless you Charles, it's a good time to have a garden
This year I planted radishes from old seed I found from 2011!! It germinated well and they were fabulous. Personally, I love it when my food bites me back! ☺
I absolutely love how everyone said not to grow these (as well as turnips and beets) in module trays. Yet, you defy them and prove that it's quite possible. This is why I always look forward to reading new material on your site, going through your books on my shelf and watching new videos. I just came back in from my garden, where I'm testing out my home made compost vs regular store bought seed compost. I decided to use radish as the test seed, just because this video spiked my curiosity. I know it's coming up to June, but call me strange, I love hot radish.
Radishes are really easy to grow and very rewarding because they require little care with an early turnover which I love! They are great for beginner gardeners!
Same here Jason. They also say how you need to thin these crops or you won't get good growth, but Charles goes the complete other direction and crowds those bad boys together. I love how he defines his own rules and goes against the grain...
Oh, I just love your enthusiasm and the sheer joy when you go to harvest your plants. It certainly makes me want to get out into the garden right now. And you definitely are the “no dig” king, as you’ve been following this method for years. I planted radish last year in our very small bed in our previous garden, and thought it was a waste of time getting just one radish per plant, but that was when I bought seedlings from the garden centre. I shall try to grow some in autumn by sowing seeds this time, as I do love radish. Radish in lentils and stews is lovely. Thank you once again for another great video.
Hello Charles, I want to tell you today how successful the multiple sowing of radishes in my greenhouse is. I have been growing radishes in spring for decades and have increasingly noticed that they germinate poorly and do not grow well. I always attributed it to the depleted soil in the greenhouse. This year I practiced your method of pre-seeding with multiple seeding and lo and behold, they grew faster than ever, healthy and crunchy. We ate half of the radishes before Easter! A great success. Unfortunately, it's quite cold at night in Bavaria at the moment, so I don't want to plant other multiple crops such as beetroot, radish and onions outdoors just yet. But in a few days the temperatures will rise and then the time has come. By the way, the lettuce also grows remarkably vigorously thanks to the NO-DIG method, although there was only a very thin layer of compost for the soil. But in the greenhouse it is particularly important not to destroy the soil structure, this way moisture is retained much better. Thanks again for the many instructive videos! All the best, Ursula
I'm so pleased with my no dig beds. Currently admiring radish sprouts that my little niece joyfully sowed three weeks ago. Now I know how I want to place them in the garden 😊
One trick I use with home made compost is to prepare the pots for a week or two before seeding, and then remove any of the weed seeds before planting anything.
Hello. I'm a university teacher in Bangkok.im originally from the Philippines Im going back home for good .im studying different planting techniques will venture in gardening vegetables. Thank you for your tips. Keep it coming
Just wanted to say thank you. I have learned so much from your video’s and books. Thanks again for all your hard work producing your video’s and books.
Thanks for a Radish specific video. I love growing these little guys! After watching you sow multi-seed modules of beetroot and turnip in another video, I decided to try it with my radishes (and beets) this year. Nice to see you confirm in this video that this works for Radishes and most root crops. Keep the good content coming! I am enjoying the no dig approach and your gardening philosophy in general.
I was really happy to hear the same thing because I grow in very little space and on a budget. I just planted radishes for the winter here in Florida and can't wait to plant more closer together this time around. I knew to go with my gardening Instinct LOL
Speaking of seed age & germination: I ceased growing vegetables in 1999 due to starting a new business & the seeds I had at the time, spent the next 21 years in a box. This year, I decided to see if any would grow, using damp kitchen towel in a clear, lidded container. Needless to say, 99% did nothing but three out of twenty Little Gem lettuce seeds germinated - not bad for 22 years! (seeds harvested in 1998).
I never knew you could sow beetroot or radishes in modules rather than direct nor that you could multi sow them! I really like small mild tasting veg and can't wait to get sowing. Thank you.
I like your subtle approach, farming is all about that. We are living in instant generation where people want results instantly. Even the video's about the farming come up with sped up things, skipping all the intermediate steps. The nature doesn't work that way. Best wishes!
Love your videos. I didn't know you could plant radish this way. I plant direct. Helpful video. Also good to know that they're not so hot tasting. Will be giving this a go for sure. Thank you
09:01 The shot of the lifesize cardboard cutout in the rain! Love the videos Charles, great quality video and audio, always learn something and entertaining also.
I enjoyed your video. I had planned on sowing radishes but time got away from me. Maybe I will get them planted in the fall. I just want to tell you how happy I am about the onions I grew from seed and planted in bunches. They look great. Thanks to you. I would never have engaged in growing them from seed again {since my last try was a disaster) but you convinced me to try again. I am so glad I did. Thumbs Up !
When you cook radishes, they lose their heat, so you can grow all sorts of radishes in the summer and then just cook em up! They're brilliant sauteed with a little butter, salt, pepper and so easy because you do the root and the greens together and they complement each other perfectly.
English is my third language. During the quarantine time, I started to learn how to grow my own vegetables. Now, I almost understand the American English, British English, Australia English, Indian English and some rock rap style English all from gardeners.😆
Thanks Charles for showing this. Sowing radishes in a seedtray, what a great idea. Autumn here and I am going to give them a go in the greenhouse. I love your videos with the dates included.
very informative once again Charles, this my first year and your information is second to none, was trying to follow a lot of information but get more crops from my smallllllll garden following your methods. THANK YOU, keep safe Charles, Christine
I'm really enjoying your how to series. Even though I have grown radish many times I had no idea you could start them inside and transplant out. I'm always learning something new from your channel. Thanks for sharing your wealth of information. Cheers from Canada 🌱🌻☘
@@StaceyHerewegrowagain Never had them cooked but looking forward to roasting them. This is the first time growing them as an adult. I shied away from them for years because they were always hot. Now I know why! 😉 So, spring and fall will be my planting times.
Your videos are very informative and clear to follow. The recording quality also very good, and up to the point. It is very professional too. I hope you will have good health to keep create more contents.
Attempting my first no dig bed for flowers this year. Partly finished. Still have to come up with more cardboard and another load of compost. Also in the midst of taking your first course on No Dig gardening!! I do appreciate your videos that show beginning steps to harvest time. So nice to have it included all in one video. Thank you!
I have to be honest, I look forward to your gardening no dig videos as much as I ever have any TV show. Great video on radishes and I hope you do a Sixth Summer at Homeacres video this year!
I very much enjoy your videos. I've not taken the time to grow radish because they taste terrible--store-bought ones. I will attempt to plant radishes in this manner next year. Thank you.
Charles well done. I appreciate the information on radishes. We planted some here in Virginia and it’s a first for us, not knowing what to look for. Your video was very helpful.
HELLO CHARLES! Gowing French Breakfast... drastic temp swings this year.. 7a.. 4.5 inches of rain last week.. Fantastic video/lesson as usual, hope all is well. Happy Summer. Going to try oakra again this year in 5 gallon pails.
Great videos always! Thank you for sharing! I love growing radishes in the cool season, so sweet and delicious! Mine are almost ready I'm getting much more ready for my Winter Garden. We get lucky and can plant mostly all year round here in Florida
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Oh yes, I'm sure yours are amazing, no doubt in my mind! That radish you munched on looked so delicious! I'm sure you love it as much as I do, to go out in the garden and eat what you grew fresh, healthy and delicious right off the plant itself! Amazing feeling!
Wonderful, I had no idea you could start radishes in plug trays and four in a plug! I love radishes, and I always eat the greens as well, they are highly nutritious and great in salads and smoothies.
Thankyou for sharing that with us!👍..I found a recipe for pickled radish..definitely gonna try..garlic coming up..planted a tray of beets yesterday..be safe & blessed 🙏🙏✝️✝️
I prefer little radishes myself. One of the wonders of growing up was pulling and eating these. Used to be my favourite salad vegetable. Used to eat them by the bowl full
A little rock salt and lemon if you prefer and yum. I just pull them and eat them, I don't like radish so it suits me. They're sweeter and taste like carrots when you grow your own. People say apple but I got carrot taste from mine.
They look really healthy with not a sign of flea beetle damage. The leaves of mine are always full of holes lol I'm definitely going to try to grow them that way I'm sure the early timing and fleece helps to keep them pest free.
Yes that may help out. These can be grown in a decent deep size container and good potting soil, on a patio too. I might have to do this for a few back ups because of the bugs we get so much here in florida.
I like planting radish. It is a cover crop. I plant it directly into the ground in early August. It grows then winter kills, disappears in Pennsylvania zone 6 and provides a lovely tilth to the soil in the spring. I got a Jang seeder to make my seeding easier. I buy my radish seeds at Johnny's and keep it on hand. I buy it by the 5# bag.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Yes, I have decided to turn my square compost bin into an experiment of planting lettuce and strawberries. I dump cardboard and coffee ground into it all winter. It is 3'WX3 H so I will be able to enjoy some things without bending down onto the ground.
Bonjour Charles , Encore une fois merci de partager vos astuces , vous avez 100 idées à l'heure et au jardin c'est très utile - Je vous écris en français car je sais que vous êtes capable de comprendre ,j'ai regardé votre vidéo en français , j'ai surtout remarqué qu'on pouvait vous comprendre très facilement , votre prononciation est parfaite - Nous avons enfin quelques belles journées ensoleillées et l'envie de jardiner - Mais on sait bien qu'il ne faut pas rêver il peut encore geler à -10 - J'avais déjà pensé à faire des radis de cette manière mais je ne savais pas qu'on pouvait grouper les graines par 4 ou 5 et je n'aurais jamais osé commencer en février - Grâce à vos conseils je vais essayer demain de semer 5 gr dans 10 petits pots , parce que de toute manière je refais des radis tous les 12 jours par petites quantité pour qu'ils soient meilleurs - Il y a 25 ans à cette période il m'est arrivé d'avoir la terre gelée sur 15 cm et de déterrer les poireaux à la pioche - Cet hiver dans les périodes les plus froides il a gelé à -5° , les carottes ne sont même pas couvertes et ne souffrent pas - J'habite à la limite de la seine et marne et de l'Yonne et je pense que les températures sont plus froides que chez vous qui êtes proches de la mer - Bon courage , jardiner c’est un plaisir mais c’est dur , on ne vole pas les légumes - You may answer in English , I understand very well when it is written ( when you speak it is not so easy for me )
thanks for your answer Charles Last year i sowed the radishes direct in the garden the 1st march and i've eaten the first ones 4 weeks later - Usually it takes 5 weeks - But i was lucky to have a very sunny week , they started growing very quicky - Some sunny days help a lot for a good start I will sow today in small plastic containers like you have done , and i will do it again in 12 days - I prefer small quantities rather spongy radishes - With your method i think i can spare 2 weeks - We will see ?
In summer I can grow radishes from directing sowing to harvest in less than 30 days (my record is 21 days)! Really fast! Same with salad turnips. Come to quite enjoy both. Not sure I'd bother transplanting radish, they germinate so reliably, but then again you're in the UK :)
Slugs/wood lice nibble on my radishes, so I tend to earth them up a bit. I’m going to try growing these plugs and burying deep in the hope that I can skip the earthing up stage.
I'm trying some watermelon and green lobo radishes right now. The watermelon is growing much slower. But i can't wait to see how they turn out. My standard radishes got a good bite because we don't stay cold very long here in Florida.
hi charles, this year and the one before i've had some trouble growing decent radishes. the year before that i had sown them direct in march together with carrots, interplanted with onions from sets, and covered them with fleece until the plants pushed the fleece up, which was probably end of april/beginning of may(? - i see right now why keeping a garden diary would've come handy 😕) the resulting carrots and radishes were huge (radish size of a grown up peach, but not woody or too hot!). unfortunately beginners luck doesn't last, primarily because the f*#€ed up fleece didn't hold up for a second season, so for the last two years i've had poor returns because germination rates were bad, slugs ate the little and few seedlings that made it, and then they turned woody, hot and to flowering too quickly. from your video i gratefully take the interesting tip that even radishes can be multisown, which i have tried semi-successfully with a lot of my sowings this year. the compost i use is a cheap commercial seedlingsmix, but my impression is it has no sustainable amount of goodness, after germination they just don't do much for too long. do you sow into your own homemade compost, or rather- how do you make sure the soil has enough 'punch' to develop seedlings into healthy little plants? and what brand or product do you use for covers, and where do you get them? i'm kind of tired of wasting good money on cheap homedepot products that do not make it to next april. thanks for your efforts in making these videos, and for any answers to my questions.
Ok the fleece is 25 or 30gsm so quite thick, therefore does not tear too much. See Quickcrop. My potting mix is normally bought, multipurpose compost and to be honest it's hit and miss what you get. If in the UK I recommend Dalesfoot or Melcourt brands. And there is hit and miss about it because of how the weather varies, and pests too.
I've never been able to grow seedlings that are really strong and healthy without at least feeding them once. Seedling mix does indeed lack nutrients to sustain the plant beyond the first true leaf stage. Compost or potting mix works better, but even then, as Charles said, it seems hit or miss. Usually an organic liquid feed after the first true leaves develop, applied weekly or bi-weekly helps a lot. Radish are light feeders, so I'm sure you'd only need to feed them every other week (which may mean only once).
Admittedly I haven't tried radish in trays. Not had much luck without feeding with other veges (even after trying multi-purpose compost like you suggest in your videos). Maybe the stuff I get is maybe too carbon rich...
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you for the care and knowledge in your videos. I am learning so much toward creating my garden. Supplies of seed and trays etc still need to be found here in the Visayas Ph. not like Lancashire.
Charles, my children, and I have created our first garden. We found your channel a little late, but now we are happy we have incorporated one no-dig bed. We love to watch your videos. We live with PTSD, and wanted to let you know we like how peaceful your channel is. We have watched this radish video over ten times. Your videos are so helpful. Because of you, we decided to grow radishes. We have not had any compost. We only have our soil from the back yard, some organic poultry manure, and peat moss. We are not sure what combination to use when filling the garden beds. The organic manure had a horrible smell when we watered it. So we just mixed all three together for one bed. It seemed to work well, but I am wondering what you think about this combination. We are working on making some organic compost for next spring. Thanks for reading.
I love your videos, I’ve been taking tips and advice from you for the past two years. Just one thing, is that, I can’t wait for you to finish a sentence 🤣🤣
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My radishes have been so successful this year I'm shocked! Last year (first year gardening) I tried your method but not completely properly, I got a lot of leaves and not much root development. This year I did the multisowing in modules but spaced them better, directly into undisturbed compost and wow! What a result. Also my neighbor wanted to know about my no-dig beds made with cardboard directly on grass, and now she's made one of her own. God Bless you Charles, it's a good time to have a garden
Lovely work Timothy and good you tried again, and that is early harvest 😀
This year I planted radishes from old seed I found from 2011!! It germinated well and they were fabulous. Personally, I love it when my food bites me back! ☺
Nice comment thanks Natasha
The seed companies date the seeds to protect themselves. The germination rate does go down eventually but it is worth trying the seeds.
I really enjoy your videos. I love how you talk to your viewers like family.
The panged expression in having to translate the farenheit equivalent is about the greatest thing i've seen.
We Americans sure do appreciate it though! 🥰
I absolutely love how everyone said not to grow these (as well as turnips and beets) in module trays. Yet, you defy them and prove that it's quite possible. This is why I always look forward to reading new material on your site, going through your books on my shelf and watching new videos.
I just came back in from my garden, where I'm testing out my home made compost vs regular store bought seed compost. I decided to use radish as the test seed, just because this video spiked my curiosity. I know it's coming up to June, but call me strange, I love hot radish.
Thanks Jason
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Radishes are really easy to grow and very rewarding because they require little care with an early turnover which I love! They are great for beginner gardeners!
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Same here Jason. They also say how you need to thin these crops or you won't get good growth, but Charles goes the complete other direction and crowds those bad boys together. I love how he defines his own rules and goes against the grain...
Oh, I just love your enthusiasm and the sheer joy when you go to harvest your plants. It certainly makes me want to get out into the garden right now. And you definitely are the “no dig” king, as you’ve been following this method for years. I planted radish last year in our very small bed in our previous garden, and thought it was a waste of time getting just one radish per plant, but that was when I bought seedlings from the garden centre. I shall try to grow some in autumn by sowing seeds this time, as I do love radish. Radish in lentils and stews is lovely. Thank you once again for another great video.
Nice thought of that stew! Thanks
Hello Charles, I want to tell you today how successful the multiple sowing of radishes in my greenhouse is. I have been growing radishes in spring for decades and have increasingly noticed that they germinate poorly and do not grow well. I always attributed it to the depleted soil in the greenhouse. This year I practiced your method of pre-seeding with multiple seeding and lo and behold, they grew faster than ever, healthy and crunchy. We ate half of the radishes before Easter! A great success. Unfortunately, it's quite cold at night in Bavaria at the moment, so I don't want to plant other multiple crops such as beetroot, radish and onions outdoors just yet. But in a few days the temperatures will rise and then the time has come. By the way, the lettuce also grows remarkably vigorously thanks to the NO-DIG method, although there was only a very thin layer of compost for the soil. But in the greenhouse it is particularly important not to destroy the soil structure, this way moisture is retained much better. Thanks again for the many instructive videos! All the best, Ursula
How wonderful Ursula, this makes me happy to read 💚
I wonder who is giving thumps down on his videos. Charles is doing such a helpful work on his videos and I am so grateful for that!
Perhaps because I sometimes contradict established methods. Anyway thanks Bianca and here is a thumbs up for you!
I'm so pleased with my no dig beds. Currently admiring radish sprouts that my little niece joyfully sowed three weeks ago. Now I know how I want to place them in the garden 😊
Sounds great! Well done her :)
i have already sown some radishes! i am convertung my allotment to no dig and it will be do nice to interplant!
Wonderful!
One trick I use with home made compost is to prepare the pots for a week or two before seeding, and then remove any of the weed seeds before planting anything.
Joe Cullen, Clever!!
Brilliant idea!
Joe Cullen how did I not think of that 🤦🏻♀️ I’m totally doing this. Thanks 😀
Hello. I'm a university teacher in Bangkok.im originally from the Philippines Im going back home for good .im studying different planting techniques will venture in gardening vegetables. Thank you for your tips. Keep it coming
Sounds great and I wish you well in your new garden back home
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you for your reply.unfortunately i dont have facebook.where can i buy your books?
@@amccagsiay1681 Amazon !!!??
How generous of you to share your first harvest of the year with us. Thanks!
Jeb! Ask Charles to do a collab with epic classical music! I hear plants like that.
His harvests are always truly amazing!!
my two fave gardeners 💖
Just wanted to say thank you. I have learned so much from your video’s and books. Thanks again for all your hard work producing your video’s and books.
Cheers Chuck how nice of you to comment and have a great season
Thanks for a Radish specific video. I love growing these little guys! After watching you sow multi-seed modules of beetroot and turnip in another video, I decided to try it with my radishes (and beets) this year. Nice to see you confirm in this video that this works for Radishes and most root crops. Keep the good content coming! I am enjoying the no dig approach and your gardening philosophy in general.
Nice to hear Matt
I was really happy to hear the same thing because I grow in very little space and on a budget. I just planted radishes for the winter here in Florida and can't wait to plant more closer together this time around. I knew to go with my gardening Instinct LOL
Speaking of seed age & germination: I ceased growing vegetables in 1999 due to starting a new business & the seeds I had at the time, spent the next 21 years in a box.
This year, I decided to see if any would grow, using damp kitchen towel in a clear, lidded container.
Needless to say, 99% did nothing but three out of twenty Little Gem lettuce seeds germinated - not bad for 22 years! (seeds harvested in 1998).
That is awesome!
I never knew you could sow beetroot or radishes in modules rather than direct nor that you could multi sow them! I really like small mild tasting veg and can't wait to get sowing. Thank you.
I like your subtle approach, farming is all about that. We are living in instant generation where people want results instantly. Even the video's about the farming come up with sped up things, skipping all the intermediate steps. The nature doesn't work that way. Best wishes!
Absolutely! 😀
Please keep making videos like this. Such a pleasure to watch
Love your videos. I didn't know you could plant radish this way. I plant direct. Helpful video. Also good to know that they're not so hot tasting. Will be giving this a go for sure. Thank you
It's twice the work if you are doing it large scale
Charles is amazing, i learn something in every video on watch. Grow on !
Glad you enjoy it!
Helping feed the nation with all these videos Charles. Kudos!
09:01 The shot of the lifesize cardboard cutout in the rain!
Love the videos Charles, great quality video and audio, always learn something and entertaining also.
I enjoyed your video. I had planned on sowing radishes but time got away from me. Maybe I will get them planted in the fall. I just want to tell you how happy I am about the onions I grew from seed and planted in bunches. They look great. Thanks to you. I would never have engaged in growing them from seed again {since my last try was a disaster) but you convinced me to try again. I am so glad I did. Thumbs Up !
Now that is nice to hear Carol, thanks for letting me know
3, 5, 4, 6...love that the multi sewing method isn’t as finicky as struggling to direct sow a nice neat row with perfect spacing of one plant!
When you cook radishes, they lose their heat, so you can grow all sorts of radishes in the summer and then just cook em up! They're brilliant sauteed with a little butter, salt, pepper and so easy because you do the root and the greens together and they complement each other perfectly.
Great idea! A balanced meal :)
I love you! You make me laugh because you're so adorable! Oh, and your gardening is spectacular too😲😀
English is my third language. During the quarantine time, I started to learn how to grow my own vegetables. Now, I almost understand the American English, British English, Australia English, Indian English and some rock rap style English all from gardeners.😆
How fantastic, and I love your descriptions of different English
My greens, lettuce and radish rocked, enjoyed them all.
great to hear!
Thank you Jason. It's a delight watching you. You have a beautiful garden.
Charles!
Edward did a fantastic job of editing this. No lines appeared when watching. You and your family have a great weekend :-)
Thanks P.C. I am reassured!!
Charles Dowding lol.
Thanks Charles for showing this. Sowing radishes in a seedtray, what a great idea. Autumn here and I am going to give them a go in the greenhouse. I love your videos with the dates included.
very informative once again Charles, this my first year and your information is second to none, was trying to follow a lot of information but get more crops from my smallllllll garden following your methods. THANK YOU, keep safe Charles, Christine
Thankyou Christine nice to hear that
I love harvesting baby tender mild veg. It is one of many treasures of homegrown veg.
Yes we can choose 😀
I'm really enjoying your how to series. Even though I have grown radish many times I had no idea you could start them inside and transplant out. I'm always learning something new from your channel. Thanks for sharing your wealth of information.
Cheers from Canada 🌱🌻☘
Angela Holwell Same here. I always plant them directly into the compost. I will give this method a try.
Radish leaves are a nice addition to salads as well. Chock full of nutrients.
I love fresh picked, cooked or roastsd radishes. Yum!
Charles Parks I love them on fish tacos as part of a slaw
@@StaceyHerewegrowagain Never had them cooked but looking forward to roasting them. This is the first time growing them as an adult. I shied away from them for years because they were always hot. Now I know why! 😉 So, spring and fall will be my planting times.
Your videos are very informative and clear to follow. The recording quality also very good, and up to the point. It is very professional too. I hope you will have good health to keep create more contents.
Thanks Wendy, we do our best and are happy to be appreciated 😀
Attempting my first no dig bed for flowers this year. Partly finished. Still have to come up with more cardboard and another load of compost. Also in the midst of taking your first course on No Dig gardening!! I do appreciate your videos that show beginning steps to harvest time. So nice to have it included all in one video. Thank you!
Sounds great and I wish you success!
Don’t forget to eat the radish leaves. So good for you!
Thanks for the timely advice, we are harvesting today!
Beet leaves as well!
@@Shanmammy Love Beet leaves in a salad.
Your videos are very informative and interesting! Keep up the good work :-)
Best gardening channel on TH-cam, in my opinion.
Nice of you to say Danny 😃
I love him picking radishes and saying "these aren't too big" and that's the biggest size I get.
Love your series. Because of you i will try growing radish
I have to be honest, I look forward to your gardening no dig videos as much as I ever have any TV show. Great video on radishes and I hope you do a Sixth Summer at Homeacres video this year!
Henry that is lovely, and while we have no plan for a sixth summer, we do have an early summer video in mind.
in our climate in india it took around 1 week to get the size of your radish seedling pretty fast in our climate
Impressive, the power of warmth!
Thanks for all the great tips Chales
Many thanks for the video. Sunshine greetings from South Africa
This approach works...the most important thing os to find a variety that isnt so hot.
Try Rudi if you can buy it, stays mild for longer, slow to bolt
Cleaning the compost off your hands on a random piece of fleece at 2:56 ... man after my own heart!
I very much enjoy your videos. I've not taken the time to grow radish because they taste terrible--store-bought ones. I will attempt to plant radishes in this manner next year. Thank you.
it"s a great harvest early in the spring Charles. .I hope I can manage to grow my own little beauties.
I gave your method a try and 100% succesful. February 6 sow April 15 first harvest Zone 7a Mid Atlantic. Endured temps of 20F under light cover.
Thanks for feedback Ole, happy to hear this
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Charles well done. I appreciate the information on radishes. We planted some here in Virginia and it’s a first for us, not knowing what to look for. Your video was very helpful.
Nice to hear 😀
I love that you followed up! Yum
HELLO CHARLES! Gowing French Breakfast... drastic temp swings this year.. 7a.. 4.5 inches of rain last week.. Fantastic video/lesson as usual, hope all is well. Happy Summer. Going to try oakra again this year in 5 gallon pails.
Hello and thanks!
Tricky weather seems the norm, best of luck with your okra, which likes it hot.
I honestly never knew that radish could be so successfully sown in modules 😂. I have so much to learn 🙄.
Thanks for yet another great video 👍
Great videos always! Thank you for sharing! I love growing radishes in the cool season, so sweet and delicious! Mine are almost ready I'm getting much more ready for my Winter Garden. We get lucky and can plant mostly all year round here in Florida
I do like the sound of your winter Stacey and yes, winter radish are so much tastier than summer ones, even here
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Oh yes, I'm sure yours are amazing, no doubt in my mind! That radish you munched on looked so delicious! I'm sure you love it as much as I do, to go out in the garden and eat what you grew fresh, healthy and delicious right off the plant itself! Amazing feeling!
So inspiring! Super excited even though my gardens are buried under 2 feet of ice and snow!!!! Thanks Charles.
Wonderful, I had no idea you could start radishes in plug trays and four in a plug! I love radishes, and I always eat the greens as well, they are highly nutritious and great in salads and smoothies.
Nice to hear
Awaiting my early one Charles. Great video as always.
I love your vids Charles keep them coming :-)
Thankyou for sharing that with us!👍..I found a recipe for pickled radish..definitely gonna try..garlic coming up..planted a tray of beets yesterday..be safe & blessed 🙏🙏✝️✝️
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Lovely weather you have in Canada..may start some in tray..cumps aet out may 24 we have to wait ril!°☮🥰🌱
Oh wow! good luck
I have never multi sowed, thank you for the tips I will be testing that this year ❤️
I really love your garden keep up the good job
Thank you, my plan :)
I prefer little radishes myself. One of the wonders of growing up was pulling and eating these. Used to be my favourite salad vegetable. Used to eat them by the bowl full
received the Calendar on Fri thanks Charles
A little rock salt and lemon if you prefer and yum. I just pull them and eat them, I don't like radish so it suits me. They're sweeter and taste like carrots when you grow your own. People say apple but I got carrot taste from mine.
That sounds so good! I have some growing righg now lol
THANK YOU SIR CHARLES!!!!!!!!!
great crops well done
They look really healthy with not a sign of flea beetle damage. The leaves of mine are always full of holes lol I'm definitely going to try to grow them that way I'm sure the early timing and fleece helps to keep them pest free.
Yes that may help out. These can be grown in a decent deep size container and good potting soil, on a patio too. I might have to do this for a few back ups because of the bugs we get so much here in florida.
The little seedling leaves taste also very nice.
Is true!
Number 1 the best..
I like planting radish. It is a cover crop. I plant it directly into the ground in early August. It grows then winter kills, disappears in Pennsylvania zone 6 and provides a lovely tilth to the soil in the spring. I got a Jang seeder to make my seeding easier. I buy my radish seeds at Johnny's and keep it on hand. I buy it by the 5# bag.
Nice to hear Portia and a great method.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Yes, I have decided to turn my square compost bin into an experiment of planting lettuce and strawberries. I dump cardboard and coffee ground into it all winter. It is 3'WX3 H so I will be able to enjoy some things without bending down onto the ground.
Ничего не понимаю,но смотрю и слушаю с большим удовольствием.
Bonjour Charles ,
Encore une fois merci de partager vos astuces , vous avez 100 idées à l'heure et au jardin c'est très utile -
Je vous écris en français car je sais que vous êtes capable de comprendre ,j'ai regardé votre vidéo en français , j'ai surtout remarqué qu'on pouvait vous comprendre très facilement , votre prononciation est parfaite -
Nous avons enfin quelques belles journées ensoleillées et l'envie de jardiner - Mais on sait bien qu'il ne faut pas rêver il peut encore geler à -10 - J'avais déjà pensé à faire des radis de cette manière mais je ne savais pas qu'on pouvait grouper les graines par 4 ou 5 et je n'aurais jamais osé commencer en février -
Grâce à vos conseils je vais essayer demain de semer 5 gr dans 10 petits pots , parce que de toute manière je refais des radis tous les 12 jours par petites quantité pour qu'ils soient meilleurs -
Il y a 25 ans à cette période il m'est arrivé d'avoir la terre gelée sur 15 cm et de déterrer les poireaux à la pioche -
Cet hiver dans les périodes les plus froides il a gelé à -5° , les carottes ne sont même pas couvertes et ne souffrent pas -
J'habite à la limite de la seine et marne et de l'Yonne et je pense que les températures sont plus froides que chez vous qui êtes proches de la mer -
Bon courage , jardiner c’est un plaisir mais c’est dur , on ne vole pas les légumes -
You may answer in English , I understand very well when it is written ( when you speak it is not so easy for me )
Yes February is early but often works here and yes a few years the temperature can still be very low, I would sow only a few seeds now
thanks for your answer Charles
Last year i sowed the radishes direct in the garden the 1st march and i've eaten the first ones 4 weeks later - Usually it takes 5 weeks -
But i was lucky to have a very sunny week , they started growing very quicky - Some sunny days help a lot for a good start
I will sow today in small plastic containers like you have done , and i will do it again in 12 days -
I prefer small quantities rather spongy radishes - With your method i think i can spare 2 weeks - We will see ?
I use tweezers to place a seed in every plug. It's working so far!
Vey good idea!
I actually enjoy the radish greens along with my lettuce and pea shoots.
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In summer I can grow radishes from directing sowing to harvest in less than 30 days (my record is 21 days)! Really fast! Same with salad turnips. Come to quite enjoy both. Not sure I'd bother transplanting radish, they germinate so reliably, but then again you're in the UK :)
Impressive
Slugs/wood lice nibble on my radishes, so I tend to earth them up a bit. I’m going to try growing these plugs and burying deep in the hope that I can skip the earthing up stage.
very good for growing in containers
excellent idea
I’ve read that roasting radishes is a completely different and delicious flavor. I plan on trying it this year.
Tesco free magazine have a recipe for roasted radish this month 😋
That's great Charles!
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Gracias Charles. 👍🌸
Love love his videos
I'm trying some watermelon and green lobo radishes right now. The watermelon is growing much slower. But i can't wait to see how they turn out. My standard radishes got a good bite because we don't stay cold very long here in Florida.
Good luck with them!
Really enjoyed this this video. Thank you. I learned so much.
Glad it was helpful Krissys
Gently steamed or sauteed radish greens with a few drops Japanese soya sauce on sticky rice. Very delicious.
yum!
hi charles,
this year and the one before i've had some trouble growing decent radishes. the year before that i had sown them direct in march together with carrots, interplanted with onions from sets, and covered them with fleece until the plants pushed the fleece up, which was probably end of april/beginning of may(? - i see right now why keeping a garden diary would've come handy 😕) the resulting carrots and radishes were huge (radish size of a grown up peach, but not woody or too hot!). unfortunately beginners luck doesn't last, primarily because the f*#€ed up fleece didn't hold up for a second season, so for the last two years i've had poor returns because germination rates were bad, slugs ate the little and few seedlings that made it, and then they turned woody, hot and to flowering too quickly. from your video i gratefully take the interesting tip that even radishes can be multisown, which i have tried semi-successfully with a lot of my sowings this year. the compost i use is a cheap commercial seedlingsmix, but my impression is it has no sustainable amount of goodness, after germination they just don't do much for too long.
do you sow into your own homemade compost, or rather- how do you make sure the soil has enough 'punch' to develop seedlings into healthy little plants?
and what brand or product do you use for covers, and where do you get them? i'm kind of tired of wasting good money on cheap homedepot products that do not make it to next april.
thanks for your efforts in making these videos, and for any answers to my questions.
Ok the fleece is 25 or 30gsm so quite thick, therefore does not tear too much. See Quickcrop.
My potting mix is normally bought, multipurpose compost and to be honest it's hit and miss what you get. If in the UK I recommend Dalesfoot or Melcourt brands.
And there is hit and miss about it because of how the weather varies, and pests too.
I've never been able to grow seedlings that are really strong and healthy without at least feeding them once. Seedling mix does indeed lack nutrients to sustain the plant beyond the first true leaf stage. Compost or potting mix works better, but even then, as Charles said, it seems hit or miss. Usually an organic liquid feed after the first true leaves develop, applied weekly or bi-weekly helps a lot. Radish are light feeders, so I'm sure you'd only need to feed them every other week (which may mean only once).
Gary fyi I use multipurpose compost for sowing the radish into and grow strong plants without feeding
Admittedly I haven't tried radish in trays. Not had much luck without feeding with other veges (even after trying multi-purpose compost like you suggest in your videos). Maybe the stuff I get is maybe too carbon rich...
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you for the care and knowledge in your videos. I am learning so much toward creating my garden. Supplies of seed and trays etc still need to be found here in the Visayas Ph. not like Lancashire.
Radish love this one great job
Exciting moment!! Lol indeed!! Great video. Thank you!
Very helpful. Thank you
Charles, my children, and I have created our first garden. We found your channel a little late, but now we are happy we have incorporated one no-dig bed. We love to watch your videos. We live with PTSD, and wanted to let you know we like how peaceful your channel is.
We have watched this radish video over ten times. Your videos are so helpful. Because of you, we decided to grow radishes.
We have not had any compost. We only have our soil from the back yard, some organic poultry manure, and peat moss.
We are not sure what combination to use when filling the garden beds.
The organic manure had a horrible smell when we watered it. So we just mixed all three together for one bed. It seemed to work well, but I am wondering what you think about this combination.
We are working on making some organic compost for next spring. Thanks for reading.
Chicken manure does smell!!
But well done, you managed and they grew. It's about using what you can get hold of.
And nice feedback, grow well!
I love your videos, I’ve been taking tips and advice from you for the past two years. Just one thing, is that, I can’t wait for you to finish a sentence 🤣🤣
Thanks nice to hear, and you mean I speak too slowly?
Charles Dowding yes kind of, you remind me of my grandad 👴 🤗 but keep doing what you do , your channel is very insightful!
Sooo excited to see this video and all the multi sowing tips.. have you ever done carrots this way?
Yes I have and they forked, not so easy
Love your videos, thank you! 🌞🌧🌸🍅🍓🥦