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Can't grow Beetroot
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Message 1.Â
Posted by mgzteed (U14525632) on Saturday, 19th June 2010
" years of planting seeds and no sign of anything. No problem with anything else just beetroot. Can they be done from seedlings, I can't get plugs now too late?
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Message 2
Posted by 4smilingcat6 (U14338727) on Saturday, 19th June 2010
Try sowing them in modules and planting out when there is a decent root ball. It`s not too late.
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Message 3
Posted by rokurota02 (U14481011) on Saturday, 19th June 2010
Huh?
That's one of the easiest things to grow -
Message 4
Posted by Grotbags2 (U14488102) on Saturday, 19th June 2010
It's not too late to sow beetroot, have another try. I can't think why your beets aren't germinating - they are usually very easy to grow. Are you being patient enough? They can take quite a while to germinate, but once they are up they go like the clappers. I did buy a tray of seedlings from B&Q one year after a neighbouring cat scratched all mine out, and they worked fine. Don't give up!
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Message 5
Posted by Mamta (U2174216) on Saturday, 19th June 2010
Mine grow and I harvest some of the larger, outside leaves for salads and cooking. my root balls are not too big. I have same problemswith radish too. I don't mind too much because I cook radish leaves and pods, but it would be nice tyo have some radishes too. What am I doing wrong?
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Message 6
Posted by Lokelani (U8896212) on Saturday, 19th June 2010
As much as other people say they're easy to grow, I can't either!
Mind do germinate, but never swell to any size of root. I have the same with carrots, radish, leeks, spring onions too. No idea why, very frustrating it is though!
Everything above ground always looks marvellous & grows well, but I just have no luck with root crops. -
Message 7
Posted by Gail_j (U7492874) on Saturday, 19th June 2010
I too could never grow beetroot. But this year I have had a fantastic crop. I did two things different - fertilised before planting and thinned out the seedlings.
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Message 8
Posted by 4smilingcat6 (U14338727) on Sunday, 20th June 2010
Thinning is important-that`s why I now take the lazy option and sow in modules.
Mamta-it sounds as though your beetroot and perhaps more so the radishes are not getting enough water at a critical stage in their development. Have you tried `white icicle`?-they are not unlike mooli and go deeper than say a cherry type -
Message 9
Posted by Goggomobil (U14202831) on Sunday, 20th June 2010
My beetroot germinated and grew fine but the bulbs were disappointing. I think my soil was too rich. I planted my carrots in sandy soil with no fertiliser added and they turned out great. Maybe beets are the same, nitrogen promoting leaf growth and nothing underground. My mom says I must look for seeds of "cylindrical beetroot", not the normal globe ones, but I haven't seen that yet.
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Message 10
Posted by 4smilingcat6 (U14338727) on Sunday, 20th June 2010
Goggomobil-I have been gardening since 1977 and I have yet to see a soil too rich for beetroot.
Beet-cylindra is not uncommon,its just a bit longer and thinner than globe types,well worth growing -
Message 11
Posted by Mamta (U2174216) on Sunday, 20th June 2010
Thanks 4smilingcat6, this (not enough water) makes senses. I had my flower beds raised a few of years back. The Landscape gardners (they shouldn't be calling themselve that in my view!), filled a lot of small rubble before putting in soil. I should have stood there and watched them
! Water just used to go through the soil. Anyway, I have added a lot of compost since then and I have put a fair bit of horse manure this year. So, hopefully they will be better.
I have tried icicle radishes too, same problem, but they do gives tasty seed pods, really nice raw in salad or stir-fried
. So, it is not a total waste of time!
I have sown some cylindrical beet too. Let's see how that does. I could get seeds for these in most seed selling shops without any problems. -
Message 12
Posted by Ian W (U8604472) on Monday, 21st June 2010
Strange how we all fare differently because like others I've never had a problem - they seem to grow like weeds!! Modules is the way I go now as already mentioned - sow 5 seeds in each (1 in each corner and 1 in the middle) keep moist and hey presto here they come. Even when I've had to rip them apart due to roots been inter-twined they still all grow, every single one of them. I transplant into rows with 1/2 inch of multipurpose compost (after first watering the trench) then backfill with soil. Water for a couple of days and after that they look after themselves just needing a drink say twice a week in this very hot weather.
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Message 13
Posted by jamie01 (U14066574) on Monday, 21st June 2010
My beetroots, having survived some leaf rot, are now catching up. There are small heads of fruit peeping above ground, should I earth them up or just let them get on with it? Also, is tomato food ok for beetroot?
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Message 14
Posted by veggielover (U14338103) on Monday, 21st June 2010
Its carrots with me - I sow a whole packet, get a few spindly seedlings come up then over night they disappear - been 5 years in this garden and had half a dozen carrots! I've tried sowing them in the potato sacks, after harvest and exact same thing happens. Low germination then they just 'disappear' - my neighbour is a smirking witness to this phenomena
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Message 15
Posted by Lorea (U14415784) on Tuesday, 22nd June 2010
Is it beetroot that has a germination inhibitor in the seed skin, so it's better to wash them well before planting? Or am I on the wrong veg?
I've had disappointing results too. The first time I had lots of leaf but very small beetroot. Other times either nothing, or seedlings which just don't develop. -
Message 16
Posted by Mamta (U2174216) on Tuesday, 22nd June 2010
I soak coriander seeds sometimes, but I never knew that you had to wash any seeds!
I saw a couple of white Moolies peeping through the soil this morning. So may be the horse manure is showing results! -
Message 17
Posted by Lorea (U14415784) on Tuesday, 22nd June 2010
Knew I'd seen it somewhere!
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