[jennyb]

well i spotted this little one growing.

he looks a bit like my cabbages did when they were little but the second set of leaves are completely different.

i'm guessing it is from the same family - a brassica of some kind?  anyone got any suggestions?

i gave him a collar just incase, seen as the foot fly seem to like my others....

[WG.]

Probably runch or charlock.  This is runch


Two comments re your collar though.   Looks very small, I use collars 12" square to give 6" all round plant.

ALso looks very stiff & might cause stem damage to growing plant.

[slow_worm]

Mustard?

[DD.]

My immediate thought was oilseed rape...





And it's still my thought!

[Aunt Sally]

I often get oil seed rape growing in my garden as a weed.  My chooks love them  

[jennyb]

thanks for the comments - i think i'll leave it and see.  always fun,  never know what you're gonna get.

well i had no ideas about the collars - i thought it was simply something round the base i didn't realise it needed to be more like a sheet!

but as for the material i think i got that bit right - it's foam that i had left over from making greetings cards,  so its very soft and flexible and will move easily as the plant grows

[WG.]

it's foam that i had left over from making greetings cards,  so its very soft and flexible and will move easily as the plant grows

Good stuff - it looks a little like stiff plastic in the photo.