preview

Rat Tail Radish Facts

Decent Essays

Rat-Tail Radish Facts: Most people call the Rat Tail Radish, radish beans. They grow by planting radish seeds and letting the radish grow. You don't pick the radish when it's ready, you let it flower. The flowers are actually little, tiny radish beans. They grow sort of like peas. When the flowers are gone you are left with Radish beans. They look like green beans, but shorter, and taste a little like radishes. You can also eat the flowers too. It has vitamins C(for collagen), B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9(all for energy production and management), iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, and potassium. Alexandria Squash Facts: It is a summer squash popular in parts of the Middle East. It is closely related to Zucchini. The skin of the squash is where all the vitamins are. So you have to eat the skin and all to get all the vitamins. It grows open and allows for easy picking. It is a hybrid that is somewhat resistant to mildew. The smaller the squash, the tastier it is. You can deep fry it. You can eat the seeds, leaves, tendrils, and flowers. It has the vitamins, A ( for your eyes), B6(for energy and management), thiamin, niacin, C (for collagen),and K (for blood clotting). It also has the minerals phosphorus, Riboflavin, folate, magnesium, potassium, and manganese. …show more content…

Some people eat the tops, also known as greens. You would eat them much like beet greens. The smaller the turnip, the sweeter it is. There is 28 calories in 100 grams of the turnip roots, not the leaves. You can eat both the roots and leaves, but the leaves are much more nutrient rich than the bulb, or

Get Access