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Radishes in Newfoundland
Great for first-year gardeners and early spring sowings.
demo estimate Guidance awaiting local review.
- Suitability for Newfoundland
- Cool-season — well suited
- Indoor seed start
- Not usually needed
- Transplant / sowing
- Direct sow ~3 weeks before typical last frost
- Frost tolerance
- Tolerates light frost
- Days to harvest
- 25–35 days
- Sunlight
- Part sun (2–4 hrs) or more
- Spacing
- 3–5 cm apart
- Wind
- Handles wind well
- Containers
- Works in containers
- Greenhouse
- Not needed
Common problems here
- Root maggot
- Woody roots in heat
Varieties that make sense for a short season
- Quick spring types
Harvest
About a month after sowing.
Will radishes work in your garden?
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