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Cherry Belle Radishes Raised with Clay Pebbles

Grow log by lynnee · Original thread

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CropRadish
VarietyCherry Belle
MethodAeroGarden hydroponics
EquipmentAeroGarden grow pods
Plants9
AudienceExperimental

What you can learnA concise, outcome-focused radish trial testing clay pebbles, support wires, pump timing, shape, harvest timing, and flavour.

Actions:2 Equipment1 Planting1 Training1 Nutrients1 Harvest
Useful practices
  • place a clay pebble beneath each sponge
  • plant seeds at the top of the sponge
  • support leaning seedlings with wire
  • run the pump continuously during bulking
Problems encountered
  • most roots remained cylindrical instead of globe-shaped
  • some bulbs grew below the deck

*The days were calculated automatically and approximately.

Day 19
UPDATE#3
Grower update

Update #3

Actions taken

HarvestHarvested nine edible radishes on day twenty-one.

L By lynnee

Day 21. Harvested 9 edible radishes. Missed the goal of growing all globe-shaped radishes, but these were shapelier than the previous crop. Two (#2 and #8) insisted on doing some growing in the dark beneath the deck.
Conversation
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Shawn

They sure are radishes . How did they taste?

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Sher

lynnee, even grown in soil, you get some radishes that don't bulb out. I think your project is a great success!

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lynnee

They're mild radishes, but with a bite! The texture is solid, not even remotely mushy.

Day 12
UPDATE#2
Grower update

Update #2

Actions taken

TrainingAdded wire trellis supports to several radish plants.
EquipmentChanged the pump cycle to continuous operation.
NutrientsAdded twelve millilitres of nutrients.

L By lynnee

Day 13 for the radishes. The clay pebbles added to the pods have kept the developing radishes at the grow deck level. It looks like most of the radishes will be more cylindrical than globe-shaped. Several of the young plants benefited from wire trellis supports.I changed the pump cycle to always on (060/000) a few days ago. Probably should have done this sooner, because the radishes are supposed to be harvestable at 22 days. Added 12ml nutes at 14 days, without an R&R.
Day 1
UPDATE#1
Grower update

Update #1

Actions taken

PlantingPlanted radish seeds at the tops of the sponges.
EquipmentPlaced a clay pebble beneath each sponge to hold it at deck level.

L By lynnee

It's Day 2, and all of the radishes have germinated. I tried to plant the seeds at the very tops of the sponges. Each pod has a clay CZ Garden pebble in the bottom to hold the sponge up at grow deck level.The goal is to end up with globe-shaped radishes!
Conversation
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Sher

The clay pebble is a great idea, lynnee. Here's to round radishes this time! li wish my aoartment had room for more AGs, but I have about maxed out my growing space. There are so many things I want to try!

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