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'Icicle Short Top' Radishes
 
Sub-Category: Long
 
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Description: 4- to 5-inch, white, nearly straight roots.
Days To Maturity: 32
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Overall: (4.0 Stars)Overall
Taste: (4.2 Stars)Taste
Yield: (5.0 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.5 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 10/19/2007 by Jim Oliver - An experienced gardener

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Wayne, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Good yield from 1st & 2nd plantings. 3rd &4th plantings did not fair well due to high temperatures and lack of rain.
 

Reviewed on 04/19/2007 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener

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Richmond, Georgia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

White icicle is an old reliable performer. It is larger than most spring radishes and a little slower to maturity. It is also quite pungent. It is eye appealing and very easy to grow here.
 

Reviewed on 03/07/2007 by FK - An experienced gardener

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Monroe, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

If you like white radishes, this one is tasty. Slugs like the taste too.
 

Reviewed on 12/12/2006 by starwoodfarm - An experienced gardener

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Baker, Oregon, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

These are such a nice novelty. I will grow again.
 




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