[metmom]

I’ve seen the long radishes.

I tried turning my family on to radishes, but they aren’t interested.

I can’t eat them now so there’s no point in growing them.

[Pollard]

We grew the standard red ones one year and everyone liked them immature more than full grown. The little ones are sweet, not hot. I don’t mind them either way.

Luckily, I don’t have any foods I can’t eat, yet. The major exception being mammalian meat when/if I get bit by a Lonestar tick because I have the Alpha-Gal allergy. I have it mild and figured out I can desensitize myself by eating a little beef to start with and increasing that amount over time. I use beef jerky or deli sliced roast beef to start and within a month, I can eat half a NY Strip which is my normal serving. Gone are the days of a full ribeye. Recently bought a Tri Tip for the first and last time ever.

I’m always thinking about things I might be able to grow and sell some day and thought the long red radish would be great for restaurants due to ease and speed of cutting slices.

I escaped rarseeds.com at less than $10 so I did good. Just got three types of lettuce, Romaine/Iceberg with description and/or reviews claiming heat tolerance. I WILL have lettuce crunch in my salads this year while getting ripe tomatoes. Leaf lettuce alone just doesn’t cut it.