The scientific name of the poplar radish is a small radish, one of the Chinese seasonal radishes, named the cherry radish because of its resemblance to a cherry in appearance.

Biennial or annual herb, fleshy taproot, oblong, globose or conical, with green, white or reddish outer skin; stem branched, glabrous, slightly pruinose. Basal and lower stem leaves lyrate-pinnatifid.

Racemes terminal and axillary; flowers white or pink, 1.5-2 cm in diameter; pedicels 5-15 mm long; sepals oblong, 5-7 mm long; petals obovate, 1-1.5 cm long, violet-striped, with a lower claw 5 mm long.

Long-horned fruit terete, 3-6 cm long, 10-12 mm wide, constricted at rather inter-seeded and forming a spongy transverse septum; apical rostrum 1-1.5 cm long, 1-6-seeded, ovate, slightly compressed, ca. 3 mm, reddish-brown, finely reticulate. Fl. Apr-May, fr. May-Jun.

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For half-hardy vegetables, the seeds can germinate at 2 ℃ -3 ℃, the appropriate temperature is 20 ℃ -25 ℃. Seedling stage can withstand higher temperatures of about 25 ℃, but also can withstand -2 ℃ - -3 ℃ of low temperature.

Stem and leaf growth temperature of 5 ℃ -25 ℃, the appropriate temperature of 15 ℃ -20 ℃. The fleshy root grows at 6℃-20℃, and the suitable temperature is 18℃-20℃, and the fleshy root will be frozen when the temperature is below minus 1℃-minus 2℃.

The sandy loam soil with deep soil, loose soil with good water abundance and water retention, fertilizer retention performance is the best. The pH of the soil is 5.3-7 is suitable.