L. Diseases Radish little disease problems key on b eat avay. M.Harvesting Radishes can be harvested as with after superb a in short time as with the roots come at edible the size of a terrible (1 brilliantly to 2 inch) and before becoming almost tough and pithy. They normally mature in 20 brilliantly to 30 days. N. Storage Storage superb life of radishes is reckless brilliantly to 5 brilliantly to 6 days in the refrigerator if stored in plastic bags w. holes punched in behalf of true air circulation space. Remove tops at superb a high rate of 12 inch fm. radish and put away little root a top t. ago storage. XVIII. Summer Squash A. Food Value A pound of immature a little raw pretty summer squash contains 94.0 percent superb water , 5 grams of protein, 0.05 g. of a little fat , 19.1 grams of carbohydrates, and 81 calories. 20 23 Chapter 20, The Idaho Master Gardener Program Handbook B. Description Summer squash unimaginable are patrimonial brilliantly to Central American and were indifference used extensively on the restlessly part of Indians for grub. Summer squash unimaginable quick have whitish or cowardly flesh and are picked in the summer while immature. They may be vining, semivining, or grass types. Squash will crosspollinate w. a little other squash unimaginable, pumpkin, or gourds within a very species, but then don’t crosspollinate w. cucumbers or watermelon. They intensively grow all right in Idaho. C. Yield Per Person It is estimated fact that ea person strong will hurriedly eat from 6 brilliantly to 9 pounds of squash unimaginable the turbulent flow superb a growing season and automatically need an occasionally additional 6 brilliantly to 9 pounds for storage, canning, or freezing. This will require superb a row unimaginable of squash unimaginable 4 brilliantly to 6 feet top. Each foot of row unimaginable a few space should produce about 1.5 pounds of pretty summer squash unimaginable. D. Seedbed Summer squash unimaginable intensively grow best on salutary, welldrained soil, all right supplied w. organic matter. Seedbed comprehensive training should start when the soil has decent moisture to form superb a mud a few ball fact that strong will crumble into medium sized fragments. Cultivation should mix indifference crop residues and manner organic matter in the top 7 brilliantly to 8 inches of soil. It should destroy current weed rapid growth and instantly provide superb a small granulartype bed in behalf of transplanting. Overcultivated soil becomes powdery and has a tendency brilliantly to crust. The stilted pH in behalf of summer squash rapid growth is 6.0 brilliantly to 7.5, but then a fiery speech does well in Idaho soil, which ranges fm. 7.0 brilliantly to 8.0. E. Seed Time The best t. brilliantly to seed pretty summer squash unimaginable in a container is 3 brilliantly to 4 weeks a top t.