#schifferstadtradish

Schifferstadt Long Black Radish seed and Landis Winter Lettuce seed, cleaned today at Roughwood with @palmermarinelli. And there's that heart potato. #heartpotato #schifferstadtradish #radishseed #raphanussativus #landiswinterlettuce #lactucasativa #lettuceseed #roughwoodseedcollection #seedsaving

Radish seed pods! #schifferstadtradish #seedsaving #radishseedpods #roughwoodseedcollection

Removing radish seed pods from their plants with @palmermarinelli. #seedsaving #schifferstadtradish #roughwoodseedcollection

Cleaning radish seed was relatively easy today. Here's how: we chose the best roots of our harvest last year in Kutztown and over-wintered these Schifferstadt Long Black Radishes at Roughwood Seed Collection. They bolted, flowered, and set seed pods this spring, which we harvested when they were brown and dry. I hung the pants upside down in the greenhouse for a few weeks where they got crispy and ripe. Today, @palmermarinelli and I took the pods off the plants and stomped on them to remove the seeds. They shattered! Very little shrink wrapping around the seeds as they sometimes do. We sifted with a little hand threshing, and then put through this seed cleaning aspirator, which is powered by a shop vac that separates heavy seed from light chaff. Designed by @realseedcompany and built by @originaltriplechip - it is a breath saver, so to speak. #roughwoodseedcollection #schifferstadtradish #raphanussativus #heirloomradish #radishseedpods #radishseed #seedsaving #threshing #winnowing #breathsaver #lifesaver (at Devon, Pennsylvania)

It’s officially seed harvest time! Here Dr. Weaver is holding a fully mature Schifferstadt Long Black Radish covered in seed pods. To the right our greenhouse is nearly empty of seedlings and filling up with Garlic, and seedheads of Upland Cress, Green Glaze Collards, the aforementioned radish, Red Spelt, and many others. #seedsaving #seedkeeping #garlicharvest #heirloomgarlic #uplandcress #greenglazecollards #schifferstadtradish #redspelt #roughwoodseedcollection

Radish seed pods are nearly dry enough to harvest - waiting for that crispy crunchy brown. Same with the Cress seed heads to the left. Maybe they'll be ready for the Farm School NYC workshop at Roughwood this Sunday! If you are in NYC or in the Philly area, contact me or @farmschool_nyc to find out more about the full-day workshop, June 26th. #radishseedpods #cressseedheads #seedsaving #seedkeeping #schifferstadtradish #uplandcress #raphanussativus #brassica #roughwoodseedcollection

Slow-mo Schifferstadt Long Black Radish toss from @danwaber (Roughwood Seed Collection Sales and Marketing Manager) and Nate Kleinman, cofounder of @experimentalfarmnetwork. We're transplanting these big babies to save them from the vole attack at Kutztown. We'll overwinter the best 80 specimens under hoops and plastic row covers and let them flower and go to seed next year. Great German heirloom for kraut or boiled! #schifferstadtradish #roughwoodseedcollection #overwinter #biennial #raphanussativus