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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: savbo on January 21, 2011, 10:16

Title: will last year's beetroot form beets?
Post by: savbo on January 21, 2011, 10:16

We have a few rows of beetroot sown too late last year for them to fill out. I was going to clear this bed but have noticed they are all still alive. Is it likely they will form beets or (as I suspect) will they go straught to the bolting stage?

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Title: Re: will last year's beetroot form beets?
Post by: mumofstig on January 21, 2011, 10:17

You already know the answer  ;)

Title: Re: will last year's beetroot form beets?
Post by: DD. on January 21, 2011, 10:28

That's right, they'll form beets.

(or not)

Title: Re: will last year's beetroot form beets?
Post by: Kristen on January 21, 2011, 10:45

I've got some sown late last year that are in the cold greenhouse ... I'll let you know what they do in a couple of months! We grew Kohl Rabi like that last year, the bog-standard white ones were fine, the poncy F1 Purple ones went straight to flower - so we had them as Purple Sprouting Broccoli Substitute instead :)

Title: Re: will last year's beetroot form beets?
Post by: solway cropper on January 21, 2011, 20:37

I'd clear them out and put something else in. If you leave them and they bolt you'll have wasted precious time and space.

Title: Re: will last year's beetroot form beets?
Post by: DD. on January 21, 2011, 22:25

Being pedantic (sorry), they won't bolt, they'll run to seed in the natural course of their life cycle.  Results the same!