Radish Daikon is a Japanese Heirloom. It has large 5cm diameter roots that can reach a length of 50-60 cm.
The flesh is crispy and mild, with a sweet flavour perfect for salads, garnishes, or grating or pickling.
This variety is one of the earliest daikon types. It can also be eaten when quite small because it does not tend to pithyness nor become over hot when it matures.
Radishes are a great way to start young children off with gardening. They are very easy to grow, will grow in almost any conditions and mature at a very fast, exciting rate.
The seed should be planted 0.5-1mm deep as close as 5cm apart in rows 10-15cm apart.
They need good watering to stop pithiness in hot conditions.
Radishes can be planted all year round anywhere in Australia.
The fact that they emerge so very quickly makes them great for planting with vegetables that are slow to emerge as the radish seedling break up the surface and mark the rows where the other plants will emerge.