Hi and thanks for your great website. It's been very helpful.
This will be my 3rd year planting a garden. I live in Alaska, and we have some odd growing conditions with up to 20 hours of daylight in the middle of the summer, but temperatures rarely above 75 degrees. Each year my radishes have germinated well in the spring, but bolt before they form edible radishes. I have tried multiple varieties and in different places in my yard all with mostly full sun. I have never fertilized them, but work compost/organic matter into the soil before planting. After reading your post, I realize I should plant them earlier. I will do that this year. Do you have any other suggestions to stop them from bolting? Should I try to give them more shade due to our long days? Thanks in advance!
Hi and thanks for your great website. It's been very helpful.
This will be my 3rd year planting a garden. I live in Alaska, and we have some odd growing conditions with up to 20 hours of daylight in the middle of the summer, but temperatures rarely above 75 degrees. Each year my radishes have germinated well in the spring, but bolt before they form edible radishes. I have tried multiple varieties and in different places in my yard all with mostly full sun. I have never fertilized them, but work compost/organic matter into the soil before planting. After reading your post, I realize I should plant them earlier. I will do that this year. Do you have any other suggestions to stop them from bolting? Should I try to give them more shade due to our long days? Thanks in advance!