my beets have wilted :(

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leeky

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my beets have wilted :(
« on: March 17, 2007, 23:53 »
:cry:

I think they have have it. they are limp and lying flat.

ill go and take a pic.


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my beets have wilted :(
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2007, 23:58 »
any hope for them folks?



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my beets have wilted :(
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2007, 00:02 »
prick them out n put em deeper :wink:
still alive /............

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« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2007, 00:04 »
ok Munty will do. thanks  :wink:

i was in full agreement with your first word there, and still was when I read it correctly.  :lol:

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« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2007, 00:11 »
i aint saying they will do any good mate .but is all i can think of in the plant thinking of CPR

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« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2007, 00:17 »
any help is much appreciated this end.  :D


what could have caused them to croak like that, so i hopefully wont make the same mistake/s again?

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« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2007, 00:32 »
The leaves look healthy enough, its just that beets have a natural tendency to flop when young. So, as Munty says, replant them a bit deeper into another container and you should be okay.

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my beets have wilted :(
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2007, 00:51 »
at least youre onions (?) have come up.
mine are still sleeping.  I think the glaswegian spring is still a little cold for em.
Time is natures way of stopping everything happening at once

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« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2007, 11:55 »
oh and next time ya plant beetroot wait till march end and sow em straight in the garden :wink: they wont fall over then :lol:

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« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2007, 22:48 »
I see you have foil behind them to reflect the light.  Where are you growing them.  How near to the light source are they.  

If its a bit dim for them the will become leggy and not have the strength to hold themselves up.  So planting them a bit deeper and increasing the light may help.

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« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2007, 23:08 »
thanks folks.

Repotted and hoping for the best  :lol:

I will plant some directly into the ground too as advised when it warms up a little. i really like beets so dont want to miss out on them.

They are leeks-Musselburgs, Sladefungus, they do seem to be doing fine.

Aunt Sally, they are right next to a window, south facing so they do get a fair bit of light. maybe more foil  :lol:  :lol:  the cabbages/toms/leeks all still standing thankfully.

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« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2007, 23:11 »
Good luck, Hope they pick up.  I like to sow a few beets about every two weeks directly into the ground so that I have a succesion of sweet roots about as big as a golf ball.  Yum...

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« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2007, 23:23 »
yum indeed!   :wink:

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« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2007, 06:28 »
Quote from: "Aunt Sally"
Good luck, Hope they pick up.  I like to sow a few beets about every two weeks directly into the ground so that I have a succesion of sweet roots about as big as a golf ball.  Yum...


Yes indeed - sow them outside as nature intended. Not everything has to be started in heat, in fact with a lot of plants it a bad thing as it makes them very weak.
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2007, 09:54 »
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Yes indeed - sow them outside as nature intended. Not everything has to be started in heat, in fact with a lot of plants it a bad thing as it makes them very weak.

I agree.  

I also have a teeny wee confession ... I have just a few beetroot sown indoors in a cold conservatory.  They'll go outside as soon as they break the surface & will be transplanted at the appropriate time.   This gets me a few beetroot about 3 weeks earlier than ones sown out of doors.



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