Radishes are suppose to be easy - what's up??

kgreseth wrote:I've tried 3 times to plant radishes and each time I get plants with huge leaves and no fruit. I've even tried planting in containers, moving to try different levels of sun and still huge plants with no radish. Any suggestions? Planted burpee Cherry belles. thanks for any suggestions!! Fortunately my spinach, long beans, carrots, romaine, tomatoes, and cucumbers are doing amazingly well:)

BackyardBirdGardner wrote:I don't know what numbers will tell you. I know I couldn't decipher anything from a piece of paper.

I think what people are saying is to add the other elements to balance the soil. I don't think too much nitrogen is the problem. I think it's too much nitrogen.....when compared to the other essentials. The soil just needs more balance.

Upon searching.....potassium is the element missing. But, other factors are spacing, sun/shade, and even planting depth.

walshevak wrote:I had good luck with french breakfast radish in my MM.

kgreseth wrote:I've tried 3 times to plant radishes and each time I get plants with huge leaves and no fruit. I've even tried planting in containers, moving to try different levels of sun and still huge plants with no radish. Any suggestions? Planted burpee Cherry belles. thanks for any suggestions!! Fortunately my spinach, long beans, carrots, romaine, tomatoes, and cucumbers are doing amazingly well:)

Unmutual wrote:
I see we're more or less in the same zone, I grow Icicle radishes(look like white carrots, but not as large of course) from Ed Hume seed(Hume Organic Seeds instead of the regular ones). I planted them on the 1st November and I started harvesting a couple days ago.

I, however, don't want to talk about spinach. They always sprout, grow a couple of pale green/yellow leaves and that's about it. It almost looks like a nitrogen deficiency, but I know it isn't. Out of 8 spinaches that I planted this year, 2 are looking promising for once.