SECTION: Compost Crops, Fodder Radish, Raphanus sativus

Extremely valuable compost crop with very deep tap root that brings up nutrients from the subsoil and breaks up clay. Produces a great bulk of material. Traditional over-winter forage relished by animals like sheep. Edible big juicy roots.

One packet will plant 100 sq ft when using 3" spacing in the bed.

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EA CULTURE: ALL/Matures 17+/Harvest 4-8/Yield 100-540/Spacing 3"

SEEDS PER PACKET: 2500

SOURCE CODE: C

PACKET LABEL INSTRUCTIONS: Seed should be sown in mid-Summer and no later than early Fall. Allow crop to mature over Winter. The crop will gradually die down on the surface of the soil, ready to be incorporated into the ground, which will be ready for planting in the Spring. Matures in approximately 17 weeks. May also be harvested for compost. Sow about one packet per 50 square feet.