Japanese Daikon Radish Patch
Emilys great aunt shares the bounty of her daikon radish patch. Daikon play an important role in Japanese home cooking and is used in soups and many side dishes. Daikon can grow very large and farmers in Japan will often grow daikon during the summer and autumn which reflects the important role this jumbo radish plays in the Japanese diet. Viewers may be wondering why Emilys great aunt is wearing a motorcycle helmet while harvesting her daikon. I had previously been filming a spider I found in her field when she rode by on her scooter and stopped to say hi. Being the generous person she is she could not leave without giving me some goodies from her field. I later tried to share the daikon bounty with our neighbors only to find that Emilys great aunt had already made her rounds and given Daikon to everyone. Our family will therefore be happily eating daikon with every meal for the next week.
Added: May 25, 2009 - Duration: 01:50
Rating: 5.0 - Views: 7465
Tags: Japan Japanese daikon radish daikon radish farmer Japan farmer Japanese farmer Tokaido Softypapa
Comments
RSAlbusPotter (January 4, 2012)
I met her
MrPoopEpoop (October 17, 2011)
i like the helmet
demmylowther (June 29, 2010)
Japanese people rule !
fljpopguy (June 27, 2010)
Do they use cover crops in the offseason? What kind of amendments and fertilizers do they use?
kc7fys (April 23, 2010)
Beautiful video. The benefits for gaijin guys who settle and marry in Japan are many. Food is just the start. I hope to have a garden this nice myself.
softypapa (March 25, 2010)
@marblemill I believe that I filmed this in June. I think that the Daikon farmers in our area typically get in two crops a year and that the plants prefer the colder months. I could be wrong though... -Kurt :-)
marblemill (March 24, 2010)
Do you remember what time of year this was? Maybe May? I figure the daikons prefer the cooler weather of spring and fall to the heat of summer.
softypapa (March 24, 2010)
@marblemill You are indeed correct in noting the popularity of raised beds. I think that the farmers tend to work the beds fairly deep and the reuse the same plot for daikon each season. They also tend to use the plot for other veggies during the time they are not growing daikon. In short it seems to me that the plots of land where daikon are grown are forever in a state of use, being dug and redug with each crop which may help keep the soil fairly loose. -Kurt :-)
marblemill (March 24, 2010)
nice looking daikon. I notice Japanese people are a fan of raised beds with their gardening. I wonder how deeply the earth was worked for those radishes. When I have grown them they go to seed very early if you do not work the ground deep enough. Though some farmers in the US suggest using them to break up "hardpan" I wonder what a Japanese farmer would have to say on it.
lovay (May 31, 2009)
Daikon is supposed to melt the fat in ones body.
I like it raw but keep forgetting to shred it.
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