Radish Cherry Belle Seeds

Radish Cherry Belle produces cherry-red globes with a crisp texture and peppery flavour, ready in a quick 20-35 day harvest window.

Grow it successfully: Read the Cherry Belle Radish Grow Guide.

Quick Grow Facts

• Plant Type: Cool-season annual root vegetable
• Scientific Name: Raphanus sativus
• Cultivar: Cherry Belle
• Seed Form: Raw seed; “raw” does not prove untreated status, so inspect the received packet for any lot-specific warning
• Crop Outcome: Crisp cherry-red globe root
• General Sowing Time: Cool-season succession sowings; use the regional windows in the guide
• Position: Full sun in cool weather; light afternoon protection only during an unexpected hot spell
• Sow Depth: 3 mm, according to the current packet
• Light for Germination: No special light trigger while covered; provide bright light after emergence
• Germination Temperature: Aim for cool soil around 15–24°C
• Pretreatment: None; do not soak, chill or scarify
• Germination: 3–10 days, according to the current packet
• Method: Direct sow in the final position; do not transplant the retained root crop
• Spacing: Packet: 10 × 10 cm; intensive row: thin promptly to about 3–5 cm where roots remain uncrowded
• Growth Form: Compact leafy rosette over a round storage root
• Harvest: 20–35 days from sowing on the current packet; pull promptly when the shoulder reaches useful globe size

Why Grow This Variety

• Cherry-red globe roots bring vivid colour and crisp texture to salads and snacks.
• A 20–35-day packet window makes this a fast cool-season crop.
• Direct sowing and prompt thinning keep the root round and uncrowded.
• Short succession rows provide repeat harvests without one large glut.

Garden Uses

Add Cherry Belle radishes to fresh salads or other dishes, or enjoy their crisp, peppery bite as a snack.

Growing Notes

• Direct-sow 3 mm deep in loose, stone-free soil; do not transplant the retained root crop.
• Keep the shallow seed zone evenly moist and aim for 15–24°C soil during germination.
• Use the packet's 10 × 10 cm grid or thin an intensive row promptly to about 3–5 cm where shoulders remain uncrowded.
• Harvest from about day 20 as soon as roots reach useful size; heat, drought and delay cause pithiness, excess heat and bolting.
• Protect seedlings from flea beetles with fine mesh and rotate away from other brassicas.

Food use: The harvested root and sound young leaves are edible after washing under potable running water. Seed itself is not food. Follow any treatment warning on the received lot and use only crop controls registered for edible radish in South Africa.

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