Red Round Radish Seeds

Radish is one of the easiest vegetables to start with if you're new to growing your own food - it's quick, forgiving, and the round red roots are ready to slice into salads or pickle before most other crops have even properly sprouted. It's a good confidence builder for a first-time balcony gardener. Seeds go in about 1 cm deep and germinate fast, in just 4-7 days, so you'll see results almost immediately. It needs 5-6 hours of full sun daily and steady, evenly moist soil - radish doesn't tolerate the soil drying out between waterings very well. Because the roots stay small, plants only need 5-8 cm of space, so a shallow window box or wide pot can hold a decent number at once. Harvest is quick too, typically 30-40 days from sowing, which makes radish a good crop to fit in while slower vegetables like tomato or cabbage are still growing.