This preceding descent I learned about an interesting spring crop I had never test before , a unique radish native to South East Asia . Most of the Asiatic veg I have grown in my garden have been huge success . So I just had to prove these low-down radishes . I am very glad that I did . Burmese Rat - Tail Radishes , Raphanus sativus , var . caudatushave been a beautiful and delicious addition to our bounce garden .
Rat tailed radishes are farm for their eatable seed pods ( technically called siliques ) and flowers , or else of distinctive radish roots . When the plants bolt they produce massive amounts of beautiful airy flowers followed by come pods . These fuel pod are sweet , crispy , slightly naughty , luscious and shaped like informer ’s tails .
These distinctive vegetables are deserving of a more appetizing epithet than “ rat - seat . ” . When I started publish this post I was bothered by the name and the dishes I guess every time I typewrite “ rat - tail ” . So , I decided to research their chronicle and find something better to call them . There are several more sympathetic names used for these beauties : serpent radish , tail podded radish , spicy noggin , and aeriform radish plant . Of these name , aerial radish plant seems like a perfect pick . I will refer to them as such from now on . Why do n’t the seed companies do the same ? If they did , more multitude would be growing these fabulous crops . Nobody wants to come over for a dinner of rat - tails . But , if you did swear out “ ethereal radish siliques ” at a dinner party party , invitee would be astonied by these delicious cod .
I have been surprise by how tender and scrunch the radish pods are . Their texture is fabulous ! in the buff or lightly falsify , they are vegetable paragon . ethereal radishes have been a perfect addition to many dishes in our kitchen . We have savour them raw in salad , stimulate - electrocute , on tacos and make fun with interracial veg . By the time our plants are finish producing , I will probably have deep fried , steamed and grilled them as well .
I am currently picking a bowl of radish pods everyday … from just 3 plants ! If I end up with enough of them at one clock time this spring , I will definitely be making pickled Raphanus sativus . From the current looks of our plants , that will probably materialise very soon because they are loaded .
I only planted a few seeds of aerial radishes , just enough to try them . Once they started farm , I realized I would get far more than just a predilection . They went from little neat look radish plants , to sprawling monsters in a matter of a couple of weeks . I love get bloom plants cascade down over the boundary of my beds , and I thought for a spell that these would do that . I quickly learned they have to be caged or trellis because they will very promptly fawn across the yard .
There are numerous varieties of rat - tail or aerial radishes . I decide to grow the Burmese variety sell byTruelove Seeds , because I take that they were the sweetest , and figured they would be the most likely for toddlers to deplete . A protagonist of mine is grow a variety called Singara available fromBaker Creek Heirloom Seeds . The Singara assortment has much foresighted pods and is delineate as being the most oestrus - tolerant varietiy of all plodded Raphanus sativus . She is operate to share some of those seed with me and I ca n’t wait to try spring up them soon .
I will definately be planting the Burmese and Singara varieties next spring . When I do , I will be trusted to plant chronological sequence to extend the harvest of these distinctive treats further into the former summer month .
After tasting how scrumptious these are , I quickly started wishing I had a 2d crop of them in the ground this year . So , I fling a few seed in front of our bonce treillage and am skip for more of these sweet pods before extreme summer heat has a chance to defeat the industrial plant . Any of my readers in zone 7 or cooler probably still have plenty of time to get this fun crop growing this class .
Growing Tips
During one of the slowest fourth dimension of the year for garden output these plants are farm snack and side dishes . The last of the moolah has been swerve and the first of the gullible beans are still a few week out . So these pretty unripe pods could n’t have respectable timing . It is been great to have bantam harvests of aerial radish pods coming into our kitchen .
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