Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Brassica Blaz on April 03, 2012, 19:40
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has anyone sown there beetroot direct yet? :)
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Yes :)
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me too,i'm usually a couple of weeks later.are the seedlings frost hardy? :)
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i'll be sowing in a couple of days - im sure seedlings are frost hardy.
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me too,i'm usually a couple of weeks later.are the seedlings frost hardy? :)
Beetroot is actually half hardy so I will cover mine with fleece if frost threatens.
The seedlings are a lot more delicate that the fully grown roots- mine stand all winter and are still edible
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I put 1 of my 3 rows in on Sunday.
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me too,i'm usually a couple of weeks later.are the seedlings frost hardy? :)
Beetroot is actually half hardy so I will cover mine with fleece if frost threatens.
The seedlings are a lot more delicate that the fully grown roots- mine stand all winter and are still edible
what does half hardy mean.? :mellow:
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Half hardy means they die in the cold and so are not usually able to grow outside in until mid spring.
There is a range of 'hardiness'
Beetroot is more frost hardy than say tomatoes, but not as hardy as radishes. They can take a bit of chill, but not a solid frost
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Some of mine are in also, a row of Boltardy.
Theyre covered with the clear plastic lens covers off of a few 6 foot fluourescent light fittings-they make a great mini cloche for rows of seedlings.
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Some of mine are in also, a row of Boltardy.
Theyre covered with the clear plastic lens covers off of a few 6 foot fluourescent light fittings-they make a great mini cloche for rows of seedlings.
thats a good idea! :)
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Never sow mine unless I think it is going to be warm for a few days...Then I sow in the gaps when the survivors come up.
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sowed direct a couple of weeks ago. One or two showing. Also seed some in the cold frame for the casualties, these are up and away
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thats another job for this weekend. thanks for reminding me! :)
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I sowed a row of Boltardy about three weeks ago and another at the weekend. First row started to come through about a week ago.
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i did mine the weekend and i think they will survive as im not expecting the cold snap to last to long
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I'll be sowing mine in modules in the GH in a couple of weeks time ... I'd advise using the monogerm varieties for this and it's not a bad idea to push toilet roll tubes into a 24-cell tray and put in two seeds per, thin to best seedling if they both come through .... had a fabulous crop last year, still eating them pickled (and tons yet to come) ... not a big fan of them not pickled though....
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I've got 60 cells of beetrootwith 6 leaves on. They will be going out this weekend along with a row of direct sowing.
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Beet are vunerable to frost when they are just poking through or even just under the soil. Once up with their seed leaves apart they should be OK. If the frost nips them as they come through you may not even notice and think they have failed to germinate.
The greater danger is that with several cold days they will bolt to seed prematurely. For this reason I always delay sowing until April. Bolthardy was selected as a strain that did not bolt so easily but in my opinion the beet are not as good as other varieties.