Family: CRUCIFERAE

Botanical Name: Raphanus sativus L.

Common Name:
SPANISH: Rábano ENGLISH: Radish FRENCH: Radis DUTCH: Radijs
PORTUGUESE: Radish GERMAN: Radies ITALIAN: Ravanello

General characteristics:
Annual plant, with a taproot that forms a round or elongated tuber, white or red in colour and with a spicy taste. The stem has a first stage in which it is very short, almost null, then it develops a very branched and high floral thalamus, which produces white or purple flowers. The leaves are elongated with a cleft imbo, even divided at the base, and fleshy petiole. They are edible, but the most important usable part of the plant is the root.

Indicative data:

• Number of Seeds per Gram: 60-125
• Useful Plants per 10 gr. of Seed: 700
• Planting spacing between rows: 10-20 cm
• Sowing spacing between plants: 8-10
• Seed per Stroke: 2-3 or broadcast
• Planting Depth: 0.5-1 cm
• Germination Power: 4 years
• Growing Cycle: 30 months (early varieties) and 45-90 days (late varieties).
• Kilograms per Seed per Hectare: 10-40
• Germination Temperature (minimum, maximum, optimum): 5ºC, 30ºC, 15ºC
• Germination Time: 4-6 days