Radish Purple Plum seeds

Raphanus sativus
Pack: 70 seeds, 10g

Open-pollinated seeds

Radish Purple Plum is a gorgeous radish, with its glowing purple skin making this one of the most colourful varieties for radish to grow this season. Its approx 3.5-4cm globes have sweet, crisp, white flesh that does not get pithy. It takes 28 days to mature.

The seed propagation instruction is available on the seed packet.

Growing Notes

Radishes can be grown all season, but they're easiest during early autumn and spring, avoid extreme hot weather days. Keep soil moist to prevent toughness. Sow direct 12 mm deep and then thin seedlings to 2.5 - 5 cm apart. Keep the row short and sow small crops every 2 to 3 weeks for continual harvest over months.

Radish is usually eaten raw harvest while young and tender. Radish can be inter-planted with other crops such as carrots or beetroot for a fast harvest.

Harvest promptly when radishes are the size of large marbles. Leaves and developing seedpods are also tasty.

Plant radishes near beans, beets, celeriac, chervil, cucumber, lettuce, mint, parsnip, peas, spinach, squash, and tomatoes. Avoid planting near agastache or potatoes. It is said that planting 3 or 4 icicle radishes around the mound where you plant squash and allowing them to grow and bloom will prevent most pests of squash and cucumber.

*Important Note

These seeds are treated with a fungicide (Thiram), DO NOT eat the seeds or feed them to animals. Keep them away from children & animals. Wear gloves and thoroughly wash skin with water & soap after touching the seeds. Treated seeds do not affect your crops or harm insects such as bees. These treated seeds are strictly for propagation or growing in the garden only. THE RESULTANT CROP IS EDIBLE.

Fungicide seed treatment may be an AQIS (Biosecurity, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Government of Australia) requirement for certain seed varieties. Treated seeds may be dyed a distinct colour. Read the label on the seed packet before usage.