Winter radish

Raphanus sativus · Cabbage family

Plant portrait

Winter radishes form storage roots often larger than salad radishes.

Harvested part

The swollen root.

What to watch for

Watch the crown; roots may be rounded or elongated, pale or dark.

Growth stages of the winter radish

Plotilo illustrates the winter 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.

See the winter radish in 3D

Same botanical family

Same botanical family as the winter radish (the cabbage family): the radish, the broccoli, the cauliflower, the cabbage, the turnip, the Chinese cabbage 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.