Chinese Radish - an update

As I was checking on the status of my potted fruit and vegetable plants I was surprised when I saw my Chinese Radish, I sow these seeds on the 22nd of this month and two days after, it has started to germinate..

Radish seeds have started to Germinate

...and was even more surprised the next day when I saw that leaves have eventually sprouted.

Sprouting Leaves the day after

given that this radish have eventually started to show leaves, i have decided to do the thinning process and hope that what is left will continually grow.

Thinning the seedlings

I often wonder why it becomes difficult to germinate seeds on our small balcony in the past weeks, since these radish were not the first set of seeds that I tried to germinate.  To my surprise, since we have an open balcony and since my wife and I at work during the day, it was just lately that I have noticed that our balcony is being constantly visited by small birds.

To make sure that these radish of mine will survive I have decided to place a plastic screen around the pot, hopeful to deter the birds from pecking the seedlings.

Pot with plastic screens

Here's for the best to come, cheers!