Radish
Raphanus sativus · Cabbage family
Plant portrait
Salad radishes form small swollen roots, either round or elongated. Colour and pepperiness vary with the variety.
Harvested part
The swollen root, for the salad radishes shown here.
What to watch for
Watch the root swell rather than judging only by leaf height. A flower stalk signals bolting; roots left too long can become woody.
Growth stages of the radish
Plotilo illustrates the radish in 5 stages in 3D: seed, small sprout, young plant, growing and harvest. The models show typical shapes; they do not predict how long growth takes.
- Seed
Starting from a seed. It is shown on the surface to make it visible in this illustration.
- Small sprout
A short first stem and its first small leaves emerge.
- Young plant
The young plant carries more leaves and starts to take its own shape.
- Growing
Leaves and stems develop. Their shape depends on the species.
- Harvest
An illustration of the harvested part. Roots are made visible for clarity; this image does not confirm actual maturity.
Same botanical family
Same botanical family as the radish (the cabbage family): the broccoli, the cauliflower, the cabbage, the turnip, the Chinese cabbage, the Brussels sprout and 8 more plants from the catalogue. Gardeners usually avoid growing the same family in the same spot several years in a row: that is the idea behind crop rotation.
- Broccoli Brassica oleracea Italica Group
- Cauliflower Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group
- Cabbage Brassica oleracea Capitata Group
- Turnip Brassica rapa Rapifera Group
- Chinese cabbage Brassica rapa Pekinensis Group
- Brussels sprout Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group
- Kale Brassica oleracea Acephala Group
- Garden cress Lepidium sativum
- Land cress Barbarea verna
- Mustard greens Brassica juncea
- Winter radish Raphanus sativus
- Horseradish Armoracia rusticana
- Rocket Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa
- Perennial rocket Diplotaxis tenuifolia