If you've listened to this show for a while, you know that radish is a crop that I've

often recommended as an easy beginner crop to grow.

It's about a month or so unless you're growing a giant one and it gets you a win when

you're first starting out and gardening.

We have Gerald Stratford back on the podcast this week, also known as the Veg King, and

Gerald, I'm curious your methods for growing radish.

You must have something creative to share with us.

Growing a radish is the easiest vegetable to grow.

When I have a child who I think might start gardening, get them growing a radish because

it happens very quick and bored and won't set in.

The best way is to get yourself a one gallon bucket, fill it full of compost, push it down

not too hard, and then get your packet of radish.

It doesn't matter what sort of summer radish please don't get confused with summer and

win to radish.

But a summer radish, there are sometimes long, sometimes round, most of the summer radish

is around about the size of a cent piece or a ten piece in the UK and make at the top

with your finger to their one inch, just make ten holes just inside the top of the bucket.

A couple holes in the middle, then get your seed, pour it into the palm of your hand,

and then one seed at a time, just drop it into the hole you've made, push it over, put

a ladle in and a dite so you know when you've planted, give it a drink with a watering can,

and within seven days you will see some shoots coming up and within 28 to 31 days you can

pull one and eat it, you know it's so quick and with a radish or any vegetable really,

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