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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: mdjlucan on May 31, 2012, 13:01

Title: beet root chioggia
Post by: mdjlucan on May 31, 2012, 13:01

just look at my beet root chioggia sowd 29/3/2012 this is how there look is there sum thing wrong thay look small

Title: Re: beet root chioggia
Post by: arugula on May 31, 2012, 13:05

I'd leave them longer, as 8 - 10 weeks is normal from sowing to harvest and it has been cool and wet which might have hindered their germination speed meaning they would probably take longer to grow to a decent size.

I'm growing chioggia for the first time this year and I hope they grow bigger than that!

Title: Re: beet root chioggia
Post by: Trillium on May 31, 2012, 13:22

They will. They just need more time and heat.

Title: Re: beet root chioggia
Post by: Plot74 on May 31, 2012, 13:27

Mine are just about the same that is the ones that germinated very poor so far but will sow some more this weekend if I can get to the plot.
John

Title: Re: beet root chioggia
Post by: mdjlucan on May 31, 2012, 15:09

is it be cos they was planted in mushroom compost

Title: Re: beet root chioggia
Post by: arugula on May 31, 2012, 15:12

The cold weather is likely to have been the cause of them being slow to develop. Give them longer in the ground.

Title: beet root chioggia
Post by: mdjlucan on June 01, 2012, 09:22

wood it be ok to feed them with super phosphate plant food as there are growing in mushroom compost or not