[fatgit]

I'm totally new to gardening, as we've just taken over a small plot.
I've planted what are supposed to be French Garden Radish, and reading up, by now there should be a harvestable crop by now, so I carefully extracted one plant, and there's no sign of anything.
I've googled for images, and I my plants look nothing like they should, so I'm thinking that the seed packet had the wrong seeds in ?

Could anyone identify the plants in the picture below for me please, it would be greatly appreciated

[Heather_S]

looks like weeds to me  :oops:

[Oliver]

looks like weeds to me  :oops:

Looks like weeds to me too. Maybe the French Radishes didn't germinate but some weeds did? Have you got any seed left in the packet? Try germinating some in a pot. Wait for the true leaves (not the first seed leaves as they often don't look like the true leaves). If they look the same, then the packet had weeds! (Sorry!) :shock:

[fatgit]

heh would be just my luck :o

Thanks for the replies.

I grew them from seeds in seed trays, so they're definitely from there, and none of the other slots in the fabric have the same plants growing, just where the "radish seeds" were planted - the beetroot & fennel are growing fine -  so it's either a massive coincidence, or the seeds in the packet are wrong :o

I'm not doing too bad, so far I've had 8 Little Gem lettuces, about 20 courgettes (and more growing), I'm going to be overrun with tomatoes, and the cucumbers are doing great.

I have a packet of Scarlet Globe radish, so I'll try those

[Heather_S]

http://theseedsite.co.uk/weeds2.html
According to that, it looks like it could be Heath Bedstraw

You generally don't transplant radishes or other root vegetables.. and it's possible that slugs living under that weed membrane just ate your transplanted seedlings down to a nubbin

[fatgit]

Was just strange that the only ones were where I planted the radishes, well, I'll try again

[Heather_S]

Try cutting down a plastic bottle into a 4inch (or higher) ring and press it into the ground around the transplanted seedling. The snails and slugs tend to leave the ringed seedlings alone.

It could have just been that there was a drift of seeds from that weed or if it creeps, it would be all in one area.

[Oliver]

I think I would agree with Heather. It certainly looks like the picture and slugs have been known to eat her rocket seedlings (same family as radishes?O) so under the cover this sounds really likely! I have not heard of slug eating beetroot or fennel - certainly never eaten ours.

So - try again, but don't plant under membrane?
Best wishes  - Oliver!