Radish leaves
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Printed Date: 01 June 2020 at 14:31
Topic: Radish leaves
Posted By: Melissa Mead
Subject: Radish leaves
Date Posted: 02 May 2015 at 19:22
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Anybody know any good uses for full-grown radish leaves?
------------- Melissa http://carpelibris.wordpress.com/ - http://carpelibris.wordpress.com/ |
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Posted By: Hoser
Date Posted: 03 May 2015 at 03:26
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They make a wonderful slightly bitter pesto Melissa, or you can wilt them and serve them up not. ------------- Go ahead...play with your food! |
Posted By: Melissa Mead
Date Posted: 03 May 2015 at 07:04
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Sounds good! Thanks!
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Posted By: HistoricFoodie
Date Posted: 03 May 2015 at 09:16
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Alternatively, depending where you have them in the garden, they are good companions plants. Among other things, they help repel cucumber beetles, and are a trap plant for flea beetles. Also, if you let them bolt, the seed pods, pickled, make a tasty addition to salads. Or they can sub for capers. ------------- But we hae meat and we can eat And sae the Lord be thanket |
Posted By: gonefishin
Date Posted: 03 May 2015 at 10:15
Having had previous problems with cucumber beetles...that is huge advice! The additional information, on the seed pods, is equally welcome advice as well! Thanks ------------- Enjoy The Food! |
HistoricFoodie wrote:Posted By: Melissa Mead
Date Posted: 03 May 2015 at 17:30
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Yes, thank you! These were store-bought. I sauteed them, plus some "home grown" dandelion greens, with half a sweet onion, a stalk of celery, a radish, and a couple of chopped-up links of breakfast sausage. It was good! ------------- Melissa http://carpelibris.wordpress.com/ - http://carpelibris.wordpress.com/ |
Posted By: drinks
Date Posted: 03 May 2015 at 17:50
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Plant some seeds, eat radishes, radish greens and radish seed pods. |
Posted By: HistoricFoodie
Date Posted: 03 May 2015 at 18:11
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Dan, when you plant your cukes, put a row of radishes about 4 inches outboard of the cucumbers on each side of the trellis. That'll help deter the little beasties. ------------- But we hae meat and we can eat And sae the Lord be thanket |
Posted By: gonefishin
Date Posted: 03 May 2015 at 18:56
Next time I plant cukes...I'll do just that...thanks! I was surprised at how quickly they take over...you find that you have a problem...then they're all over the rest of your crop! These are the same guys that took my squash before too, aren't they? thanks! ------------- Enjoy The Food! |
Posted By: HistoricFoodie
Date Posted: 04 May 2015 at 13:29
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Technically, Dan, squash bugs and cucumber beetles are different critters. Squash bugs tend to grow larger. I control them, primarily, by hand-picking and---pardon the pun---squashing them. Both can be controlled with organic and synthetic insecticides if that's your proclivity. The one that's a real bitch to control is the squash vine borer. It's larvae burrow into the stem, just above ground level, and the plant dies. An interesting aside: Pioneer gardeners didn't have to cope with the myriad of pests we contend with, as most of them were imported from Europe and the Far East. ------------- But we hae meat and we can eat And sae the Lord be thanket |
Posted By: drinks
Date Posted: 04 May 2015 at 15:06
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Another cutey we have a lot of here is the leaf footed shield beetle. It is a prime candidate for squishing, too! |