Which radish varieties are easy to grow and taste good?

Radish is a very popular vegetable plant, and I believe many of you have also grown radishes in your home garden. As is well known, there are many varieties of radish, and now it is again the time of year for stockpiling radishes for winter. In order to enjoy delicious radishes, choosing a suitable variety is very important, so which radish varieties are suitable for planting and taste good? Let's find out together.

1. Summer-autumn radish variety - Nanrebai No. 4

Nanrebai No. 4 radish was bred by Nanjing Agricultural University, using the self-incompatible line Nau-SIHr-01W-4 as the female parent and the self-incompatible line Nau-SIHr-01W-6 as the male parent to create an F1 hybrid combination, and was developed in 2010. The Nanrebai No. 4 radish variety has a semi-upright plant type, with a plant height of about 40 cm. The fleshy root is long and cylindrical, and both the skin color and flesh color are white. The fleshy root has high water content, is sweet in taste, and has a good mouthfeel. It is suitable for planting throughout Jiangsu Province. In 2013, it participated in the provincial identification trial, with a yield of 2671.7 kg per mu, an increase of 14.8% compared with the control Zhongqiuhong.

2. Summer-autumn red radish variety - Fuhong No. 1

Fuhong No. 1 radish was developed in 2009 using Yan R06A as the female parent and the Manshenhong self-incompatible line R06 as the male parent to create an F1 hybrid combination. The Fuhong No. 1 radish variety has a semi-upright plant type, with a plant height of 43.6 cm. The fleshy root is long and cylindrical, with smooth red skin and white flesh. The root shape is attractive, and the taste is crisp and tender. It is suitable for sowing from mid-to-late July to early-to-mid August, and for summer cultivation it can be harvested after about 50 days of growth. From 2012 to 2013, it participated in the provincial identification trial, with an average yield over two years of 2909.9 kg per mu.

3. Autumn-winter radish variety - Qiuxue

Qiuxue radish (Yupinshenjian 2016013) is a first-generation autumn-winter hybrid round white radish, suitable for summer-autumn cultivation in the high mountains of Chongqing and autumn-winter cultivation in shallow hills and flatlands. The Qiuxue radish plant is semi-upright, with a plant height of 43 cm, broad leaves, and light yellow-green leaf color. The fleshy root is tall and flat-round, with smooth white skin. The vitamin C content is 18.99 mg/100 g, and the soluble sugar content is 3.12 mg/100 g. In the 2015 production trial, the average yield was 3012.3 kg per mu.

4. Winter-spring radish variety - Fengmei Yidai radish

Fengmei Yidai radish was bred by the Institute of Vegetables, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and is suitable for cultivation in winter and spring seasons throughout Shanxi Province. The Fengmei Yidai radish variety has a semi-upright leaf cluster, pinnately lobed green leaves, and a plant height of 30-40 cm. The fleshy root is cylindrical or nearly cylindrical, with white flesh, relatively high water content, fine and dense texture, crisp and tender, good palatability for raw eating, and slightly spicy or not spicy. It is generally direct-sown in open fields in mid-to-late March, cultivated with plastic film mulching, and harvested and marketed from late May to early June.  In 2008, the average yield was 5803 kg per mu, an increase of 20.4% compared with the control Chunyubai.

The above are some recommendations for radish varieties that are easy to grow and taste good. You can also choose suitable radish varieties for planting according to the climate characteristics and geographical environment of your location, and I believe the radishes grown will have high yield and good taste.

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