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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: mandycharlie on November 02, 2008, 04:39

Title: Beetroot
Post by: mandycharlie on November 02, 2008, 04:39

I have a few beetroots left in the ground.  

Do I harvest them all now or will they stand?

Or do you think I Should have harvested them all by now?

Title: Beetroot
Post by: Swing Swang on November 02, 2008, 09:10

I'm intending on using and eating the remainder of mine over the next couple of weeks, and don't intend to dig them up sooner than required.

Title: Beetroot
Post by: Salmo on November 02, 2008, 11:58

The beetroot should be OK unless we get hard frost. If they have plenty of tops or weeds to shelter them they will OK, if not then draw a little soil over them or put on some mulch/straw/fleece/old bean stems etc.

Title: Beetroot
Post by: muntjac on November 05, 2008, 04:07

if ya need to dig em up id do so n store em ina  wooden box covered with damp compost or sand ... we got a few dozen in store now , loverly roasted on Christmas day :wink:  me hopes