How do I start growing radishes?

I have heard that radishes are the easiest vegetable to grow. How do I start?

— Bonnie Stack
St. Cloud, Minnesota

Radishes are indeed easy to grow, and if you’ve never gardened before, growing radishes is a great place to start. You probably could have started your first crop of radishes a couple weeks ago, but one of the unique things about radishes is that they grow so quickly that you can continue to plant them throughout much of the growing season. In your area, you should be able to start radishes at any point over about the next three weeks, and keep sowing every 10 days or so. And you’ll be able to sow even more radishes later on in the fall, too. Here’s what you need to know to get started: All About Growing Radishes. Good luck!

— Tabitha Alterman, senior associate editor

Comments

Nanette T 6/4/2009 11:10:54 AM

When you plant your radishes remember the 'rule of thumb'. The depth of the seed should only be as deep as the seed itself.
When I plant them I use a spring rake to cover the soil back over them and then tamp them down using the tooth-edge of a hard rake.
The same with beets and turnips. Make sure you water them well and you'll be well rewarded. I also weed my root crops. Beets, radishes and turnips are not as fussy as carrots. Carrots require very 'soft' soil for their growth. But turnips, beets and radishes grow more on the top of the soil.

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