Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: mdjlucan on August 07, 2019, 13:52
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Beetroot Why is my beetroot all the leaves big but small beats
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What have you been feeding them? Nitrogen will promote leafy growth at the expense of the beets while phosphorus is needed to promote root growth. So they need a low nitrogen and high phosphorus fertilizer. I sprinkle bonemeal along rows when I plant the seeds and if I get round to feeding them again use a low nitrogen feed which I also use for my potatoes.
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Where I grew them in the box the box has had green manure in them before we planted