Plant · P-335

Rat Tail Radish

Raphanus caudatus

Rat tail radish is a radish grown not for its root but for its long, crisp seedpods, picked constantly while young and tender - once a pod grows past about a foot it turns tough. Unlike most radishes it is kept flowering on purpose all summer to keep producing pods, which makes a row of it a genuine pollinator draw through the exact weeks a hot-climate garden usually runs short on open flowers. The young leaves and even the flowers are edible too, but it is a thirsty plant - skip watering through a summer dry spell and pod quality drops fast.