Space plants: 3 - 5 cm apart Compatible with (can grow beside): Chervil, cress,lettuce, leeks, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes Avoid growing close to: Hyssop, gherkins Small, spicy tasting root vegetable usually round but some longer varieties . Available in a range of colours between red and white. Very easy to grow. Good for a child's first garden as seedlings appear in two or three days. Sow between other vegetables as they will mark the rows until the slower germinating plants appear. Culinary hints - cooking and eating Radish Wash well and remove leaves and roots. Use raw in salads or on their own with bread and butter.