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Mini Purple Daikon Radish

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$5.15
Item: 2277-A
$7.75
Item: 2277-B
$20.00
Item: 2277-C
$33.00
Item: 2277-D
$120.00
Item: 2277-E
Raphanus sativus
Purple skin, purple flesh. (50 days) F-1 hybrid.

Wide plumb-bob–shaped 5" long x 2½" wide roots with gorgeous bluish-purple skin and greenish-purple shoulders are “mini” only when compared to long white types. Topped by vibrant dark green leaves with short stems blushed purple-pink. Interior flesh is ringed deep purple with streaks through white meat merging into a purple sunburst core. 

All sizes, from 3" up to the 9" bombs, have excellent crunchy tender raw texture and mildly spicy flavor. When cooked, Mini becomes firm, sweet and savory with tangy hints of rutabaga. Excellent keeper: Elisabeth fermented the last of hers with fresh cilantro the following summer. They make magenta pickles. Note: expect 10% green-shouldered white off-type roots of same flavor and texture.

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Quick Details
Hybrid Status
F-1 hybrid
Skin Color
purple
Flesh Color
purple
Days to Maturity
50 days
Compare
Compare with other Daikon Radishes
Variety Product Type Hybrid Status Skin Color Flesh Color Days to Maturity
Green Meat
Organic 		seeds open pollinated green-shouldered white lime green 55 days
Mini Purple seeds F-1 hybrid purple purple 50 days
Saitaro seeds F-1 hybrid white 69 days
Additional Information

Radishes

Days to maturity are from date of seeding

Culture: Summer radishes may be sown almost as soon as the ground can be worked. Minimum germination soil temperature 40°, optimal range 55–85°. They emerge rapidly and grow quickly. Sow 1–2" apart, and thin to at least 2" for attractive uniform roots. Use row cover (p. 144) to protect from flea beetles. They develop more pungency in dry heat than in cool moist weather. Ready for harvest at about the size of a quarter and will rapidly get woody if allowed to grow much larger.

Disease: FY: Fusarium Yellows

Note: We cannot ship packets greater than ½ oz. (14 grams) of radishes into the Willamette Valley. The State of Oregon prohibits shipping any commercial quantity of untreated Brassica, Raphanus or Sinapis due to quarantine

Daikon Radishes

About 2,900-3,000 seeds/oz.

Daikon means ‘big root’ in Japanese. Can be stored in the root cellar like carrots and beets in slightly moistened sand or layered into damp raked leaves.

Germination Testing

For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.

Our Seeds are Non-GMO

Non GMO

All of our seeds are non-GMO, and free of neonicotinoids and fungicides. Fedco is one of the original companies to sign the Safe Seed Pledge.

Shipping

From early May through mid-December, items shipping from our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.