Micro radish
Raphanus sativus · Root vegetable
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Micro radish is the microgreen of the radish (Raphanus sativus) — radish seedlings cut at roughly 1–2 weeks old, when the plant is only a few centimetres tall with its pair of heart-shaped seed leaves on a slim, often pink-to-magenta stem. Tiny but startlingly pungent, it packs the clean, peppery, sinus-tingling bite of a mature radish into a single tender shoot eaten raw.
Picking a good onedrag
Snapping hard, tops upLimp, pithy, hollow
Shop firmEveryday bestSalads, slaws, tacos, quick pickles.
TopsGreen and flopping, no yellow in them
HeftFirm all over, tail bends a little
SkinMatte, a fine cracked line or two
Smell at the stemEarthy and neutral, faintly green
These cues are Radish's, and hold across its varieties; where this one differs, its own page says so.
What you get from one
90%
Edible part
4.5 g · stem ends and rootlets off
5 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 5× longer than the counter.
90–95%
Humidity
Bagged, not sealed
Airflow