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TheBradshawBunch Kaysville, UT(Zone 5b) Jun 05, 2008

I could not believe what I pulled out of my garden today! One beautiful radish with perfect form, one siamese twin radish and a triple siamese radish! Does anyone know what causes this? Any way to avoid it in the future?

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kalika22 Denham Springs, LA(Zone 8b) Jun 06, 2008

Hah, those look neat actually.

No idea how to prevent it though.

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TMaple Saint Paul, MN Jun 06, 2008

Those are very interesting. I would guess more then seedling grew together, ie. they weren't thinned, or if you did thin them you just missed a couple, OR as they were growing they ran into a rock that the radish had to grow around.

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kalika22 Denham Springs, LA(Zone 8b) Jun 06, 2008

I don't think it was two or three that grew together, if you look at the red on them they seem as if they split and tried to form their own bulbs.

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Bubba_MoCity Missouri City, TX Jun 06, 2008

I love radish sandwiches and those look like some great slicers to me.

Some of ours a couple of years ago produced multiple roots, too.

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TheBradshawBunch Kaysville, UT(Zone 5b) Jun 06, 2008

Wow! those are pretty funky looking What causes this? Is it just something that radishes do? Is it pretty common?

I don't have rocks in my soil to split them, so it has to be something genetic, right?

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Suesquatch Ticonderoga, NY Jun 08, 2008

The only think that I could find referring to "fanging" was about carrots, and referenced too much manure added.

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Hastur Houston, TX Jun 09, 2008

I have read before that if a root finds a rock, it will sometimes split to grow around the rock. I don't know if this helps or not, but there you go.

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mimianvy Beverly Hills, FL(Zone 8b) Jun 10, 2008

That sounds like a good explanation, Hastur. Kind of like meeting resistance and going around it.

I think the pictures look pretty cool.

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GophersLoveMe La Habra, CA Jun 11, 2008

Almost looks like they could wear little pants.

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