[Krato]

Hi there, first post on this forum! I'll be sure to post in the newbies forum shortly, just wanted to see if I could find an answer to my beetroot problem first.
I sown my beetroot seeds about one week ago, but I didn't plant them deep enough, now they have started sprouting but they're growing on top of the soil. Should I pull them out and start again or can I cover with more compost?



Thank You =]

[paintedlady]

while at that early stage of germination, I might be tempted to lightly sprinkle some compost over the top.  But as beetroot are normally so easy to grow, if that fails you can always sow some more 

[Krato]

Thanks for your reply =]
I managed to mess up one of the easiest vegetables to grow? Oh dea! Not a great start lol

[Eatyourgreens]

I work on the larger the seed the deeper it goes.


Bob

[Krato]

I work on the larger the seed the deeper it goes.


Bob

I've planted squash at the same depth and they're quite large so think I'll go top up the soil!

[Trebor]

Try not to disturb them too much – they don’t take kindly to root disturbance as I found out when trying to even the row out a bit with transplants. (But it may have just been my clumsy mitts!)

[paintedlady]

I'd forgotten about that - yes, they definitely don't like the root disturbing (same goes for chard and others in the leaf beet family)  All it does is stop growing for a little while (very noticeable when comparing it with one left undisturbed that were sown the same time), but will recover eventually.