I got one of your fab packs for my bday and plants are growing really well 😉 the thing is, I am not necessarily sure which one is which, ha!
I have attached the pict here, could you please help me here? 2 with yellow flowers, one with white, the fourth one with no flowers?
One smells / tastes like rocket, bit its massive!
When you have a mo, could you please help me + any tips?
Hi, thats great, thank you. Can I please ask how to prevent the bolting, so that I actually get some broccoli next year?
The plants with flowers on them are bolting - this is when the plant goes to flower and seed earlier than desired. It can be caused by fluctuations in hot and cold weather (particularly an issue in Ireland!), dry spells and other factors which stress the plant and prompt it to end its life cycle. Once plants bolt, the hope of vegetables from it is over, however depending on the plant you may still be able to harvest the leaves and flowers.
In terms of what these plants might be, it can be a little hard to tell from photos however:
Photo 1: Most likely broccoli...
Photo 2: Possibly radish? Would have a spicy taste like salad rocket. Pull one to see if you have a radish underneath - best to harvest before too woody! Looks like its about to bolt too - pull off the flower buds! If it is radish and developed, best to harvest the lot before they all bolt.
Photo 3: Hard to see from the photo but possibly another bolting brassica
Photo 4 : with the white flowers is salad rocket. You can keep eating the leaves and flowers, to use up the plant as it's at the end of its cycle.