There was a time where I was unsure whether the 2020 radicchio trial would get the ‘all clear’, so I decided that I wanted to pursue some personal interests with regards to vegetable variety trials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daikon Radish: <\/strong>I have been incredibly fond and fascinated by the wild and strange daikon radish for some time now. These exceptional plants have many interesting uses; not only are daikon beautifully diverse in color, shape, and flavor, they can be used as a deep soil-penetrating cover crop that aid in breaking up compacted soils while adding copious amounts of organic matter both above and below ground, suppressing weeds, and slowing soil erosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aside from these perks, my particular interest in these daikon is their ability to be processed and turned into value added products such as kimchi and pickles. Yes, I see a lot of potential in their flavor, but I also think that the different colors from variety to variety have the potential to make some truly aesthetically striking fermented products. My intention is to hold some tasting trials that allow for the tastee<\/em> to try the kimchi next to the corresponding daikon radish, and compare from variety to variety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Using the SURF budget I purchased seeds for 6 different varieties of daikon: Einstein, Red Meat, Artesia, Minowase Summer, April Cross, and KN Bravo. <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n With some of the space allotted to me at the Evergreen Organic Farm, I was able to seed 3 replications, side-by-side, with each replication containing 15 bed feet of each variety. In total, I have 45 bed feet of daikon radish for each of the six variety. On August 3rd I direct seeded two rows per bed, trying to keep a 3-4″ spacing between seedlings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There was a time where I was unsure whether the 2020 radicchio trial would get the ‘all clear’, so I decided that I wanted to pursue some personal interests with regards to vegetable variety trials. Daikon Radish: I have been incredibly fond and fascinated by the wild and strange daikon radish for some time now. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":43,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/chicory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/chicory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/chicory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/chicory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/chicory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/chicory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/chicory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/52"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/chicory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/chicory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/chicory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/chicory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}