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Red radish leaves nearly 2 feet long and root only a quarter-inch
Red radish leaves nearly 2 feet long and root only a quarter-inch
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December 8, 2022 at 8:55 am Reply
So I sowed red radish about three weeks ago, and leaves are crazy long at nearly two feet, but the roots are barely a quarter-inch across!
Is my soil too rich?
Too much nitrogen?
Excess something or lacking something?
Thanks for your helpk
December 9, 2022 at 4:34 am ReplyThere’s a saying isn’t there… “Sow thick, reap thin” ?
Maybe you planted them too close to each other? Did you leave enough space between seeds?
December 17, 2022 at 3:01 am ReplyFrom my experience it means the soil is somehow too rich for them. You’d have a lot of success planting squash there!
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