French Breakfast Radishes - Harvested!

We had a salad this evening which meant eating more of the bountiful crop of lettuces and joining them this time was the radish crop which was finally ready ( as well as lots of shop bought bits and pieces!).

We only took a few radishes, so there are plenty more for further meals.  These are the lucky radishes who made the cut.

Crop of French Breakfast radishes

Not exactly uniform size and shape, I've no idea how supermarket produce all seem to look exactly the same! It's quite tricky to tell how long each radish is until they are uprooted, as they all looked much the same when in the ground.   They tasted very nice though, not as peppery as other radishes, but nice and crunchy.  From hole in the ground to on the dinner plate and eaten in less than an hour, you can't get much fresher than that!

So now the postings for French Breakfast radish are complete, and by clicking on the link "French Breakfast Radish" you can see the photos and growth from seed to harvest.  This one can be put down as a success I think.

French Breakfast radishes nearly ready for harvesting

The last week has seen the radishes suddenly go supersonic.  Checkout the photo from last week, and compare it to this.  A huge growth spurt in just one week.

French breakfast radish after 4 weeks

So it seems it is almost ready for eating.  I'm stunned how much it has grown this week, after such a lacklustre start.  Still, I think I'll leave it for one more week as allegedly the longer it is in the ground, the pepperiar it gets, if that is a word (probably not).  so that will be 5 weeks from sowing to harvest, which is longer than I was expecting, but not by much.


Remember to click on the "French Breakfast Radish" link on the right of this page or directly at the bottom of this post to see week by week how the radishes have grown from seed to the date of harvest.

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So after three weeks, we can see a little bit of radish - if you look really really closely.  They won't be ready after 3-4 weeks as promised, however I am reassured that they are growing into something vaguely resembling a radish.

Radishes after 3 weeks

2 week old radish seedlings

A little over two weeks and the French Breakfast radishes are looking pretty good - no sign of any actual radish yet, but the plants look strong.   According to reports I've read, these should be ready in another week or so, which I find pretty hard to believe.

2 week old radish seedlings

French Breakfast Radish

These radishes seemed to pop up in no time at all, literally just a few days after being sown.

So now, after 10 days, this is what the seedlings look like.

10 day old French Breakfast Radish seedlings

The variety is called "French Breakfast" and should be longer than the normal spherical radishes that you buy in the shops.  


I'm not a great fan of radishes, but my wife is, and I wanted to grow something that would go from seed to the plate quickly and easily with minimum of effort.  In fact the seed packet said "great for kids" which worked for me as I have the impatience of a child, and probably worse gardening skills.