Yesterday my boyfriends and I spent the day making art
and harvesting radish seeds. We let
about a quarter of our radishes go to seed, but I had no idea how many seeds
would come off of one little radish! I also
didn’t realize you can eat the little pods that are produced, at least when
they are younger and tenderer. So I will
have to try that with the next planting!
We ended up mixing the seeds from our 2 varieties of
radishes, but oh well, they are both small radishes. Easter Egg Radish, which look like little
round eggs, and Cincinnati Market Radish, which we had to try being from
Cincinnati and all! Plus they are long
carrot shaped, which was pretty interesting looking and great for
pickling.
Here is what the pods looked like still on the
branches. Basically we just pulled all
the pods off and then started breaking them open. They have a strange foamy texture and break
apart really easy with little mess. So
saving radish seeds is super easy! And
now we have enough seed to plant a whole radish forest! Hopefully we can get a good fall crop in once
the weather cools down a little.