[GLENWIL]

I don’t seem to have much luck with beetroot.  This is my 3 season on my allotments, nothing had been grown there for about 40 years when I got it.
I have had cabbage, runner beans, potatoes, rhubarb, fruit bushes etc,but am
not very good with beetroot. Cant wait to get started again this year. Any hints on beetroot thanks.

From Glenys Mid Glamorgan

[DD.]

Hi Glenys, welcome to the forums.

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[gobs]

This is a very easy to grow crop, so puzzling. Tell us, how you do it.

[azubah]

Do you get them to germinate? They need warm moist soil so it pays not to sow them too early, or too late if it turns out to be a dry summer.

If they don't grow big enough you need manure the previous year to build up the fertility of the soil.

[starry]

This is a very easy to grow crop, so puzzling. Tell us, how you do it.

I wouldn't say its easy I have grown it for four years but not every year has been successful I personally think it s a bit tricky, but I can grow caulis which some people struggle with 

[digalotty]

i germinate them in a tray and then transfer them to a bed when they are a couple of inches tall,
i put a couple of grains of growmore in each hole when transplanting and give them a couple of weeks and away they go

[leeks r us]

Beetroot like a light rich soil ph neutral, try soaking the seeds for an hour before sowing this will encourage germination,and when you sow cover with moist compost instead of soil.As was mentioned previously you must wait till the soil warms up before you sow.

[Kajazy]

I always soak mine prior to sowing, and also water the bottom of the seed drill - it seems it seems to work if I do that, and not if I don't.

[m1ckz]

yes i start them off in a tray first then transplant,works well