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Radish Rat-tailed

• Botanical Name: Raphanus caudatus

An unusual and different annual vegetable producing edible seed pods which should be harvested when young and tender instead of the root. The pods, 18-30cm long and twisted at the end, look like rats tails. Fleshy and tender, violet green in colour with a pungent Radish-like flavour. Freely branched plants produce edible pods all summer and autumn till frosts. Cut down old stems to encourage new growth.

Heirloom; 10-25 degrees; 4-10 days; 100cm height; Cooler Temps; 1.2.3; Direct Sow; 100 seeds; Root Crop.