Daily Archives: August 4, 2011

Ask Gardenerd: When do I harvest my root crops?

A question came into Ask Gardenerd this week that I’ve been hearing for the past month or so. Seems like a good time to address it:

“When do you know when to pull out things that grow underground like radishes, green onions, even carrots?  I’m either too early or too late. – Rochelle”

Well Rochelle, the answer is in your hands. More specifically, it’s your index finger. When growing root crops, the foliage will put on a pretty show above ground, but the real magic is
happening underground. In order …
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