Traditional, half long radish for bunching with dark pink skin, 20-25 cm long. Suitable for greenhouse cultivation, early and late seaon production outdoors. The dark, compact and strong leaves make for good bunches. When thinned out plants can be grown on to produce useful single radishes.
Characteristics
Botanical name: Raphanus sativus var. nigerGrowing situation: open ground early, under glass
Cultivation
Sowing depth: 1-2 cmAmount of seed needed: for bunching: 30-60 g/a; ca. 12 seeds per running metre
single roots: 30-60 g/a; 5-7 seeds per running metre
Planting distance: for bunching ca. 25 x 8 cm
single roots ca. 25 x 20 cm
Note: sow more thickly and thin out to the required spacing
Direct sowing: for bunching and single roots: begin March (under fleece) till end of April and mid of July till mid of August
forcing raddish: in cold greenhouse end of January till end of February or end of August till beginning of September
Autumn and winter radish: beginning of July till beginning of August
Optimal amount of plants: for bunching ca. 50 plants/m²
single roots ca. 20 plants/m²
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Origin
Multiplier: Jos Jeuken und Ellen Krul, Maatschap Westers Bio-AkkerbouwBreeder: b-d EHZCerifications: Demeter
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