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Growing radish

Raphanus sativus · also called Mooli, Muj (Kashmiri)A quick cool season root crop sown straight into ridges. Asiatic types take more heat; European types need cool weather, so the right variety lets radish be grown for much of the year.

South interior: Bengaluru, Mysuru, interior Tamil Nadu

Our team has checked this guide against the sources at the end of the page.Includes AI suggestions where no published guide covers a detail
A pile of fresh white radish roots (mooli) with their green leaf stalks
Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Radish in the South interior

  • Season

    September in the plains; June to July in the hills4

  • Sowing to last picking

    45 to 60 days4

  • Sow

    September4,7

  • First harvest

    45 to 60 days after sowing4

Across India

When to sow it

Twelve growing regions, January to December. Your region comes first.

Too late this season

The window here was September. The next one opens in April.

Sowing now in:Sub-tropical foothillsNorth-west plainsGangetic plainsNorth-east hills and valleysArid westCentral plateauDeccan plateauWest coast
  • Sow
  • Harvest
  • Today
South interiorBengaluru, Mysuru, interior Tamil NaduEast coastcoastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, coastal AndhraWest coastKerala, Goa, Konkan
Compare all 12 regions
Temperate HimalayaKashmir valley, Shimla, KulluCold desertLadakh, Lahaul and SpitiSub-tropical foothillsJammu, Kangra, DehradunNorth-west plainsPunjab, Haryana, DelhiGangetic plainseastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal plainsNorth-east hills and valleysAssam, Meghalaya, SikkimArid westRajasthan, Kutch, north GujaratCentral plateauMadhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, VidarbhaDeccan plateauinterior Maharashtra, Telangana, north KarnatakaWest coastKerala, Goa, KonkanEast coastcoastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, coastal Andhra
Today
See the dates as a table
RegionSowNurseryTransplantHarvest
South interiorSeptemberJune to JulyApril to June
Temperate HimalayaJuly to OctoberMarch to August
Cold desertMarch to August
Sub-tropical foothillsMarch to May (Pusa Chetki)September to October (Pusa Reshmi, Minowase)End of November to January (Japanese White, Arka Nishant, Minowase, Pusa Desi, Pusa Himani)Mid August to November (Japanese White, Minowase)March to June (Pusa Himani)August to September (Pusa Reshmi, Japanese White, Minowase)
North-west plainsJanuary to February (Pusa Himani)Second half of March (Punjab Pasand)April to August (Pusa Chetki)Mid September to October (Punjab Safed Mooli 2, Punjab Pasand, Japanese White)November to December (Japanese White)February to AprilEnd of April to MayMay to SeptemberOctober to DecemberDecember to January
Gangetic plainsEarly April to mid August (Pusa Chetki)Mid August to mid October (Pusa Desi)Mid September to mid November (Pusa Reshmi)Mid October to mid December (Japanese White)Mid October to mid February (Pusa Himani)Early May to SeptemberLast week of September to early DecemberMid December to early MarchMid February to mid April
North-east hills and valleysAugust to September (early varieties)October to November (late varieties)
Arid west1 September to 1 December
Central plateau1 September to 1 DecemberMid March to mid August (Pusa Chetki)
Deccan plateauSeptember to mid December
West coastJune to January
East coastSeptember

From seed to harvest

One season, day by day

Days from sowing

  1. Before sowing

    Farmyard manure4

    25 t per hectare · Apply as a basal dressing before sowing. · Basal

  2. Day 0

    Sow

  3. Day 3 to 6

    Seeds come up1,3Part of this comes from the sources cited. The rest is an AI suggestion.

  4. Day 45 to 60

    First picking4

  5. Day 45 to 60

    Last picking4

In the plains water once a week. Drip lines down the centre of raised beds also work.4

What it needs

Soil, sun and warmth

  • Soil pH1,2

    5.5 to 6.8

    Light, friable sandy loam rich in humus. Heavy clay soils give rough, misshapen roots with many small side roots.

  • SunlightNo published guide covers this for the South interior, so this is an AI suggestion. Check it with local advice before you rely on it.

    At least 6 hours a day

    Full sun. Grows in light shade but the roots stay smaller.

  • Temperature1,2,3Part of this comes from the sources cited. The rest is an AI suggestion.

    Grows best at 10 to 15 °C

    Takes light frost.

    Monthly temperatures for the South interior aren't in the library yet.

Water and feeding

Watering4

In the plains water once a week. Drip lines down the centre of raised beds also work.

Weeding4

Weed and hoe as needed. Thin crowded plants at the second weeding.

WhenWhatHow muchHow
BasalFarmyard manure25 t per hectareApply as a basal dressing before sowing.

Sources4

Varieties and yield

Typical range4

20 to 30 tonnes a hectare

Yields vary with the plot, the seed and the season.

Varieties grown here4

  • Co 1

    Plains.

  • Pusa Reshmi

    Plains.

  • Pusa Chetki

    Plains.

  • Pusa Desi

    Plains.

  • Japanese White

    Plains.

  • Arka Nishant

    Plains.

  • White Icicle

    Hills.

  • Scarlet Globe

    Hills.

  • Rapid Red White Tipped

    Hills.

Good neighboursNo published guide covers this for the South interior, so this is an AI suggestion. Check it with local advice before you rely on it.

Keep it away from

Pests and diseases4Part of this comes from the sources cited. The rest is an AI suggestion.

Organic and cultural controls only.

  • Pest

    Aphids, flea beetles and mustard sawfly

    Signs

    Sap sucking insects on leaves, small holes in young leaves, grubs eating the leaves.

    What to do

    • Spray neem seed kernel extract 5%.
    • Hand pick sawfly grubs early in the morning.

  • Disease

    White rust

    Signs

    White raised blisters on the underside of leaves.

    What to do

    • Pull and destroy affected plants early.

    Prevention

    • Rotate with crops outside the cabbage family.

Seed and the season's end

Saving seed1,2Part of this comes from the sources cited. The rest is an AI suggestion.

Raise roots as for the market, select true to type roots and replant them as stecklings at 60 by 60 cm. Remove off types three times: at the leafy stage, at flowering and at maturity.

When the seed is ready

Plants flower in March and April and the pods are ready to harvest in May and June. Keep a seed crop 1,600 m from other radish varieties.

Cleaning the seed

Dry the ripe pods in the sun and thresh them. The pods are tough, so threshing often has to be repeated.

Store fully dried seed in a sealed container in a cool, dry place.

After the last pickingNo published guide covers this for the South interior, so this is an AI suggestion. Check it with local advice before you rely on it.

Compost the leaves after the last pull and follow with a pulse or a fruit vegetable.

Leaves left after harvest can be fed to cattle or composted.

Rotation

Fits short vegetable rotations, for example potato, then muskmelon, then radish.

Sources

Where this comes from

Our team has checked this guide against the sources at the end of the page.Reviewed by our team on 13 November 2026.

These published guides are the sources. Where none of them covers a detail for this region, the page shows an AI suggestion and labels it.

  1. 3Production Technology of Vegetables and Flowers (VSF-231), Part I: Vegetable production (Radish; classification of vegetables)CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur (Department of Vegetable Science and Floriculture)Read the source
  2. 4Horticulture: Vegetables: RadishTNAU Agritech Portal, Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityRead the source
  3. 7Radish: planting (land preparation, season, method of planting)National Horticulture BoardRead the source
  4. 8Radish: varietiesNational Horticulture BoardRead the source

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