What's eating my easter egg radish?

Easter Egg radish, like all Raphanus sativus, is most damaged by flea beetles that riddle seedling leaves with holes and cabbage root fly whose larvae destroy the roots. Slugs target the small, brightly coloured roots at harvest. Because it matures in 25–30 days, a row cover applied at sowing often sees the crop through to harvest pest-free.

Numerous small round holes across cotyledons and true leaves; seedlings can be killed in large infestations Fine-mesh row cover from sowing; delay sowing into warm soil; sticky yellow traps to monitor adults

Larvae tunnel into the root, causing wilting, stunted growth, and inedible cavities in the radish Brassica collar discs around each plant base; row cover; avoid consecutive crucifer crops in the same bed

Surface gnawing on maturing roots; slime trails on foliage; damage worse in wet conditions Iron phosphate pellets; hand-pick at night; harvest promptly once mature to reduce exposure