Mutant radish?

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Posted by Pete from Boston on July 13, 2009, 5:08 pm
 
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I have had a bunch of radishes going wild this year that re-seeded
from last year.  All of them looked the same, with the bulbous root
and the lanky stem, the typical leaves, and the white flowers.

Until this came along:

http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/ab249/these_trees/P1170634.jpg

http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/ab249/these_trees/P1170636.jpg

The leaves and flowers and color are all the same as the others, but
its stem is about three times the thickness of that of any other
radish plant I have.  It's so thick it's begun to crack.  Is this a
mutation?  The result of odd pollination?  Not a radish at all?



Posted by CanopyCo on July 14, 2009, 10:13 am
 

Can you give us a picture of the radishes that you know are radishes?
That way we can compare the leaves better.

I don’t think that is a radish.
Close comparison of the leaves will tell.


Posted by Pete on July 14, 2009, 12:43 pm
 


I will as best I can.  Cut most of them down already once they went to
seed.  They were blocking a lot of light.  Stay tuned...