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    FALL for radishes

    Aug 30, 2019 6 minutes
    By Sheryl Normandeau

    JUICY, SPICY RADISHES are a quintessential spring crop, and a perfect addition to crisp, fresh salads of choice baby greens straight from soil. Most radishes don’t tolerate heat and require soil temperatures cooler than 75 degrees Fahrenheit for good germination rates. For this reason, radishes take a growing hiatus during the summer. Despite these restrictions, an additional radish crop can be grown during the cooler months of autumn. What a wonderful way to finish your growing season! Try these tips for a bountiful fall radish crop.

    DEEP-ROOTED

    Radishes () have a long history of cultivation. They’re documented as food crops in Egypt as early as 2000 B.C., and they were grown in China by 500 B.C. Radishes arrived in Europe in the mid-16th century, possibly via the Mediterranean. Centuries of breeding have given us a surfeit of choices when it comes to flavor, size, color, and shape. Nowadays, you’ll find beautiful red,

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