Japanese Red Daikon Sango is stocked as a burgundy-stemmed radish microgreen crop, with green to purple-toned cotyledons and a peppery flavour. Its packet does not support a mature elongated-daikon-root outcome.
Grow it successfully: Read the Red Daikon Sango Microgreen Grow Guide.
Quick Grow Facts
- Plant Type: Annual radish grown as microgreens
- Scientific Name: Raphanus sativus
- Cultivar: Japanese Red Daikon Sango
- Seed Form: Raw seed packet-labelled for microgreens; inspect the whole received packet for any lot-specific treatment warning
- Crop Outcome: Burgundy-red stems with green to purple-toned cotyledons, cut as microgreens; not a mature elongated daikon root
- General Sowing Time: Year-round only where a clean tray can be kept near 1822°C with bright post-emergence light and airflow
- Position: Bright light after emergence; protect indoor trays from hot glass and stagnant humidity
- Sow Depth: 12 mm, according to the current packet
- Light for Germination: No special light trigger while lightly covered; provide bright light immediately after emergence
- Germination Temperature: About 1822°C is a practical tray target
- Pretreatment: None; the current packet does not require soaking
- Germination: 46 days, according to the current packet
- Method: Direct sow into a clean drained microgreen tray; do not transplant
- Spacing: About 1 cm between seeds, according to the current packet
- Growth Form: Dense upright seedlings harvested above the medium
- Harvest: 1015 days from sowing, according to the current packet
Why Grow This Variety
- Burgundy-red stems and green to purple-toned cotyledons add colour and peppery flavour.
- The packet's 46-day germination and 1015-day harvest suit a rapid tray crop.
- A small clean tray fits a bright kitchen or sheltered growing area.
- This stocked outcome is cut microgreens, avoiding an unsupported mature-daikon-root promise.
Garden Uses
Use the cut peppery microgreens in salads, sandwiches or as a colourful garnish after hygienic growing, harvest and washing. This packet is not routed to a mature daikon-root crop.
Growing Notes
- Use only a received packet that remains labelled for microgreens and has no contradictory treatment warning.
- Sow 12 mm deep, about 1 cm apart, in a clean drained tray; do not transplant and do not grow this packet as a promised mature daikon root.
- Keep near 1822°C with even moisture, then give bright light and airflow immediately after emergence.
- Bottom-water where practical and harvest above the medium at 1015 days with sanitised scissors.
- Discard any sour-smelling, slimy or mouldy tray; washing cannot make a contaminated crop safe.
Microgreen food hygiene: Wash hands and clean and sanitise food-contact trays, drainage trays, scissors and the work surface. Use potable water and a clean food-suitable medium without raw manure. Cut above the medium, wash under potable running water immediately before eating and keep cold. Discard any mouldy, slimy or sour-smelling tray.
Brought to you by Ubuntuberg Seeds, where our mission is to cultivate humanity & harvest unity. Ubuntuberg Seeds: the highest quality seed stock in all of Southern Africa, sourced from sustainable farms, guaranteeing you the best quality seed stock.
