Planting guide

When to plant radish

The fastest crop there is: sow, wait three weeks, crunch. In Melbourne it goes in All year.

Start as: Seed, sown in place
Ready in: 3–5 wks
Spacing: 5 cm
Depth: 1 cm
Sun: Half a day (3–6 hours)
Water: Regular
Effort: Easy
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means radish can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sydney	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Melbourne	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Brisbane	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Perth	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Adelaide	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Gold Coast	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Newcastle	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Sunshine Coast	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Canberra	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Central Coast	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Geelong	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Wollongong	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Hobart	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Townsville	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Cairns	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Toowoomba	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Darwin	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Ballarat	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Mandurah	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Bendigo	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Launceston	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Mackay	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Rockhampton	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Coffs Harbour	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Blue Mountains	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Bunbury	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Bundaberg	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Alice Springs	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Mildura	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Port Macquarie	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Wellington	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Christchurch	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
London	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Manchester	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Edinburgh	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	●	●	○	○	○
Dublin	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
New York City	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	●	●	○	○	○
Los Angeles	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Chicago	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	●	●	○	○	○
Seattle	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Austin	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Toronto	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	●	●	○	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	●	●	○	○	○
Cape Town	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Johannesburg	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Singapore	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mumbai	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Paris	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Berlin	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	●	●	○	○	○

How to plant radish

Sow seed 1 cm deep in loose soil.
Water daily so roots do not turn woody.
Thin to 3 cm.
Pull as soon as shoulders show.

Radish varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

Cherry Belle Classicfast · kid-favourite · 3–4 wksRound red roots in under a month
French Breakfast Classicheirloom · fast · mild · 3–5 wksLong red roots with white tips; mild
Scarlet Globe Classicfast · kid-favourite · 3–4 wksFast, bright and crisp round red radish
Easter Egg Adventurouscolourful · fast · kid-favourite · 4–5 wksMixed pink, purple and white roots
Watermelon Adventurouscolourful · sweet · 8–10 wksGreen skin and a hot-pink centre
Black Spanish Round Adventurousstorage · hot · heirloom · 6–9 wksBlack skin and spicy white flesh
China Rose Adventurousheirloom · hot · storage · 7–9 wksPink winter radish; crunchy and spicy

Where to buy seeds

Search on Seeds of Plenty Search on Happy Valley Seeds Search on The Diggers Club Search on Amazon

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Good companions

Carrot, Lettuce, Cucumber

Radish by month

Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec

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