How to Grow Full Size Radishes and Not Just Leaves: 4 Tips, Planting, Harvest & Proof

I struggled with radishes for years. I finally got it down.*(At 2:47, I say remove the strongest - should be remove the weakest). No fertilizer, loose soil, good spacing and thin them quickly. This video covers the four tips, planting and I show you a full harvest for proof. Radishes are cool weather crops you can plant in the spring and fall.

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[coreopolis]

Always appreciate his start to finish videos, unlike so many other ‘experts’ who basically show you their ‘best’ method then leave it after putting a seed into the hole. They could learn from Gary, you want a believer, show the results lol.

[nancywebb]

Don’t forget to eat the greens! They are full of vitamins and are great in a salad.

[rcarver]

Thanks Gary. Love it. It reminded me of the Addams Family. When seeing the expressive hand, I want to say "Thank you, Thing".

[HomesteadHopefulTara]

I’m growing Cherry Belle radishes on my balcony in a dishpan and they are doing really well so far. I’ve got 12 growing in an 88 cent dishpan from Walmart.

[aubreystalcup]

First-time gardener here. I just pulled up our radishes, they were the first things to come up. I had planned on pickling them, but the fam ate them all right out of the colander. I guess I need to plan more next year! I do see now that I planted them too close together as they were not as big as yours and were more elongated. Now I know!

[sf]

Thank you. I've been growing more leafy greens than radishes. Now i know why.

[barnesmichelle]

Thank you so much, I struggle growing radishes, they always come up long and lots of greens, now I know why! No fertilizer! I going to try again.

[preetaheeralall]

Gary thank you do much fir this video.All videos on radishes make it seem so simple and easy that I was having complexes struggling with radishes.Thank you for saying you struggled too!!So Im motivated to try.

[joesoutdoorplaces]

Radishes have always embarrassed me. And I love the things in a green salad. Cannot wait to follow your instructions this fall.

[lauracowan]

Well I completely screwed up this year but now I know for next year. Thank you so much!!!!

[katharina...]

I'd much rather put 1 seed in each spot, wait 4 days till the radishes start sprouting and refill the spots that didn't sprout, than waste 50% of my seeds. Why waste seeds? A few days ago I put 36 seeds in the ground. 32 of them sprouted, so I added 4 more seeds. Much less work than removing 30 seedlings, and zero waste.

[SteveRichards]

Hi Gary, I grow very differently so maybe there’s an alternative way too. I mulch with 1” of compost and plant a seed every 1” in 6” rows (often between carrot rows or lettuce) I also feed with a Little Rock dust and seaweed meal (low nitrogen). So my density is 6 times yours but I get amazing radishes provided I water them. My preference is French Breakfast because they grow fast and big, but I grow lots of others too : all the best - Steve

[nadrienmarkowski]

I saute the radish greens with onion and garlic. High in nutritional value. Love to harvest them, so easy to grow!

[genmama]

I'm growing French Breakfast radishes this year and they are good!

[Crystal-xmzu]

Well damn. New gardener here did the opposite of everything you said to do :( I don’t even see the radish peaking out of the soil like yours. Sigh. Next year will be different, thank you

[Annastasia]

OMG! SO happy I found this vid. I have zero luck with radishes and now I, hopefully, won't anymore after watching this. Thanx, dude!!

[sammyelliott]

Best video and information to help me succeed. I have tried to grow radishes for the last 5 years with little success. I enjoyed eating the tops but little to no radish. I will follow your suggestions. Thanks

[phoenixcreations]

Thank you, how nice they pop up of the soil 😃😃

[DoctorMangler]

I always have mixed luck. The best one for me was called a German Giant and they actually did well even over the summer in Colorado, temps of 90 to 102 weren't uncommon. I tried sparkler this year and black round spanish but neither of those grew well. I just had leaves mostly and a few tiny marble sized ones to eat. What's crazy is some of them spilled out into my yard and those are sometimes the best I've had, fighting back lawn and all. I'll try some of your methods this fall and see if I have better luck. Thanks for this great video.