MICRORADICLE

Cultivars / Root crops

French Breakfast

Radish · Raphanus sativus

Plant in engine

DTM

25 d

32 d occupancy · hardy

Rows

5

1½ in in-row

Density

40

plants / bed-ft

Yield

4

bunches / bed-ft

Direct $/ft

$10.80

$3.00 / bunch

30 in bed · cross sectionscale 1:8 · looking east
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Propagation

Method
Direct seed
Cell size
Nursery lead
direct only
Germination
4 d
Germ temp
40°F – 75°F (opt 60°F)
Seed spacing
1 in

Field geometry · 30 in

Bed width
30 in
Rows / bed
5
In-row
1½ in
Seed spacing
1 in
Plants / linear ft
40
Plants / 50 ft
2000

Timeline

DTM from field
25 d
Holding
7 d
Occupancy
32 d
Multicut
no
Fall photoperiod
×1.2
Frost hardiness
Hardy

Yield & revenue

Sales unit
bunch
Units / bed-ft
4
Avg unit wt
0.4 lb
Target lb / bed-ft
1.6 lb
Cull rate
10%
Wholesale / Direct
$1.75 / $3.00

Irrigation

Drip lines / bed
2
Emitter spacing
8 in
Emitter GPH
0.25
Weekly water
0.7 in
GPH / 50 ft
37.5
Gal / week · 50 ft
54.5

Soil extraction

Fertility demand
Light
N / 100 bed-ft
0.5 lb
P / 100 bed-ft
0.2 lb
K / 100 bed-ft
0.8 lb
N-P-K / 50 ft
0.3 / 0.1 / 0.4 lb
Family
Brassicaceae

On this farm · 50 ft block

Season window
2026-03-04 → 2026-11-10
First greenhouse
First harvest
2026-03-29
Successions that fit
12 · every 7 d
Bed-ft for 50 lb
35 ft
Seed for 50 ft
2353 seeds · 2000 plants
Wholesale / Direct · 50 ft
$315.00 / $540.00

Notes

Catch crop and row marker for carrots. Seven-day successions in spring and fall. Pithy above 80°F. Bunch of 8–10, ice immediately.

Companions

carrot · lettuce · pea

Avoid

hyssop