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White beetroot ?
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Message 1.Â
Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Monday, 29th November 2010
Anyone out there got any thoughts on this veg'? Never planted it specifically but got a couple in the ground. Going to try it in tomorrows bunny casserole. Cheers, Tony.
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Message 2
Posted by Obelixx (U2157162) on Monday, 29th November 2010
Haven't tried white but grew a yellow form once. It tasted more earthy and less sweet than the usual red varieties and OH didn't like it so I haven't bothered since. Do let us know how you get on with the white one.
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Message 3
Posted by greeneddy (U6603838) on Monday, 29th November 2010
No, I've not tried it either, but I've tried purple carrots and blue potatoes, and didn't get on well with either of them - I think something deep in my brain said "it just shouldn't be this colour".
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Message 4
Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Monday, 29th November 2010
It wasn't a packet of white beet seed, "Just like Topsy". It sort of growd with the more regular coloured jobs. I'll keep you informed what the memsaab thinks !! ! Cheers, Tony.
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Message 5
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Monday, 29th November 2010
I was in a local Indian shop the other day and so a veg I didn't recognise. It was alittle like a parsnip but about 1ft long, with a white smooth skin. The guy behind the counter said it was a radish.... I really don't think so, if it was I've never seen one that size or colour before.
Not tried white beetroot. -
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Posted by Obelixx (U2157162) on Monday, 29th November 2010
That's a mooli or daikon or oriental radish. Often used in vegetarian Indian cooking and makes a good side dish too. Google for recipes.
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Message 7
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Monday, 29th November 2010
Well I never, so it really was a radish
Next time I'm at the shop I'll buy one, they sound quite versitile you can cook them or eat raw. -
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Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Monday, 29th November 2010
Reminds me of when the memsaab and I lived in Gibraltar. Bought a Custard Apple and tried to eat it right away! Told the greengrocer later (a Moroccan Gent) who nearly wet himself with laughing. Cheers, Tony.
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Message 9
Posted by greeneddy (U6603838) on Tuesday, 30th November 2010
I grow mooli radish zoomer. Very tasty, and still out there on the allotment when a lot of other stuff has succumbed to the snow!
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Message 10
Posted by Violetscales (U10739184) on Wednesday, 1st December 2010
I grow white, yellow and pink stripey beetroot as well as the usual red - some round and some cylindrical. We like them all. It is quite a conversation topic when we serve them to guests. We roast them and serve them hot. Boil them to serve with salads etc as well as pickling them.
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Message 11
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Wednesday, 1st December 2010
greeneddy; which variety of Mooli radish do you grow, are they easy to grow!
I tried carrots this year with little success although I did well with swede and with the few parsnips I grew. What sort of soil do mooli radish like. -
Message 12
Posted by greeneddy (U6603838) on Friday, 10th December 2010
Sorry Zoomer I've been off the boards for a while and have only just seen your questions. The soil at the community allotments where we grow the mooli is a clay loam. We used an F1 variety this year, from King's seeds, can't remember the exact variety, but I have the info at work, so I'll look it up when I'm next in the office, and let you know.
And yes, easy to grow, very hardy, 100% germination, and very tasty! -
Message 13
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Friday, 10th December 2010
I've already ordered some seeds for next year greeneddy. Radish diakon. Not sure what soil type I have but it's very black even during dry spells it doesn't seem to go hard. The worms push up tiny pebbles so in the spring it'll be like a pebbled beach. The top soil stays moist, it's dryer about 8 inch down. I've sea weed on one bed at present and home grown compost will go on the other come spring.
Kleftiwallah. After reading your first message I've decided to step outside the box, not a big step but have ordered kohl(red and White), chicory and fennel to try next year along with stuff I grew this year. -
Message 14
Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Saturday, 11th December 2010
Chickory, grow it, pull it up, rip off most of the leaves then plant it again. A lot of bother I think ! Never managed to grow a decent fennel yet. I've heard the sectret is to keep it very wet? Best wishes and cheers Tony.
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Message 15
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Sunday, 12th December 2010
Thought I'd try those two because they don't look to take up alot of room, I'll probably only plant a small row of each, should have checked how easy they were to grow though before I went and bought the seeds, 'o' well nothing ventured nothing gained.
They were only 50p and couldn't resist. I'd looked T how to cook them, what with and taste, this was the appeal. I also wanted something to harvest later on in the season. -
Message 16
Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Sunday, 12th December 2010
Good evening Zoomer 44. you say you tried carrots without much success. This is the place. . . what did you find unexiting about your carrots ? maybe we can help. Cheers, Tony.
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Message 17
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Sunday, 12th December 2010
It could have been the variety, not all germinated, I sowed them straight into the ground, those which did germinate produced lush foilage and the tops coming through the soil were about an inch in diameter, there was just no growth under the soil, they were slightly smaller than golf balls.
My brother however grows carrots for fun in pots and still has a pot going now even after the snow, why they don't grow in my garden is beyond me yet he couldn't grow sweetcorn this year and my peas are far better than his in that they grow taller and produced a bigger crop despite being form the same seed batch.
I do have a free packet of carrot seeds - Nantes frubund - which can be sown in February. -
Message 18
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Sunday, 12th December 2010
Having gone through my seed box the carrot variety was Autumn king 2 and on a pre-sown seed tape, I also grew parsnips and swede in the same way, these germinated and produced good crops although I lifted the parsnips early whilst they were still fairly small.
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