Raddish trouble.

[OliverH]

Hi I'm new to this site. I'm hoping someone can help. I thinned out my raddish's last night as they were large enough to handle. I gave them water after I had finished. However this evening I have noticed that 50% of them have shrivelled. The leaves are on the ground and feel damp. Have I disturbed the roots too much or have I drowned them?
Any advice wod be great.

[Jeanied]

Difficult to see a reason for this Oliver - to be honest radishes are usually so easy I've never heard of this problem. See if they pick up later -(mind you shrivelled leaves don't sound good). Double check what you watered with. Sow a replacement and hope the other 50% are ok.

[zazen999]

When you thinned, did you pull them up including the roots, or just nip off the tops?

To be honest, I think you may have disturbed the roots of the remaining seedlings.

Why not sow further apart, and don't thin them....

[Florence Fennel]

I'm with Zaz on this one Oliver. Radish seed is big enough to sow without the need to thin. They don't transplant very well, and they grow so quickly, so sow some more! Better luck next time is guaranteed.

[Alison]

I find that if you do sow a bit too thickly they tend to push each other apart anyway so never bother thinning - but then again I'm a bit lazy at thinning things that really do need it too so this may not be good advice.....

[OliverH]

Hi thanks for all of your replies. Hi Zazen I did pull them up with the roots. The larger raddish's which are more established are fine so the others must have been damaged.
I shall see how they do but in the meantime I shall sow some more.
I will be using this site more often.
Cheers!

[mattyod]

when transplanting some plants it takes a few days to settle in to the new soil, so they maybe all right in a few days just make sure the radishes are firmly in the soil, if the soil is to loose, it will be harder for the plant to reestablish into the soil.