Tokyo Cross F1 has smooth round, pure white roots. You can get an extra early crop from these by growing with protection. Its quick growing nature makes it an ideal choice for successional sowing wherever you may have a gap! With an AGM win you know this variety is great: enjoy at ping pong ball size raw in salads or in soups and stews & even the young leaves can be eaten as spring greens or popped into a stir fry.
Sow: March to August in situ (early sowings with protection) – sow sparingly, at a depth of 10mm, to minimise need to thin seedlings. This is an ideal choice for a quick crop wherever you may have a gap!
Grow: thin seedlings to 10-15cm apart so that they don’t touch to develop the best roots. The thinnings can be eaten as greens. Water a regularly in dry weather. Harvest Tokyo Cross from ping pong ball size for salad use.
Enjoy: the little roots can be eaten raw and the young leaves added to a mixed green salad. Peel larger roots before cooking and enjoy them mashed, roasted, in soups, stews and casseroles.
Save
Sold out
