Pull beetroot for peas?

[annie8]

Am feeling a bit disheartened with the garden today. Have a bed with bolthardy beetroot that has delivered mixed results this year lots of the beetroot are still really small. Was planning to put peas and beans in the bed next year. Should I just pull out the beetroot that is left or will the they still grow a bit. Don’t want to be too late putting my overwinter peas in the ground.

[Thelma Sanders]

Not really any answer to your question, but can you grow peas over winter where you are? I've never had any success with them down here in the SE.

[casejones]

It would help if the original poster provided more info about there growing conditions;
given the info they provide I can not provide any useful information. I await the OP providing more info on the conditions and other basic info.

[Thelma Sanders]

Well, she did show where she lives....

[Baldy]

You might get a bit more growth - not much I'd imagine.
Winter peas in Edinburgh... Crazy!
Well done...

[Penellype]

Edinburgh may be warmer than you imagine. Although it is in Scotland, it is on the coast and therefore not as cold in winter as further inland (Musselburgh races often survives frost when other courses have to abandon). It could well be that the south east of England, prone to cold continental winds in winter, is actually colder on average. I don't know for certain but I would not be particularly surprised to find that was the case.

Anyway, after today we are due some warmer weather and there may well be some growth left in your beetroot. I am hoping mine will grow some more before winter, although they are moslty already big enough to eat as baby beets.

[self-contained]

My beetroot did much better last year than it has this year. I think it's a combination of reused compost, the hotter weather, the neighbour cats digging up some of my sowings and me sowing them more densely. I've pulled quite a few, but there are still some little ones left. I'm going to leave them a bit longer, but they are in containers and not taking up a bed I need for something else.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Am feeling a bit disheartened with the garden today. Have a bed with bolthardy beetroot that has delivered mixed results this year lots of the beetroot are still really small. Was planning to put peas and beans in the bed next year. Should I just pull out the beetroot that is left or will the they still grow a bit. Don’t want to be too late putting my overwinter peas in the ground.

Annie, I'm a fair bit north of you and my late sown beetroot are very small as well. I've never tried overwintering peas. Do you get a noticeably earlier crop?

Back to your question though, why don't you sow your peas in between your rows of beetroot and then remove the beetroot later. In the meantime, you can use some of the beetroot tops as salad leaves. .

[Aberdeenplotter]

It would help if the original poster provided more info about there growing conditions;
given the info they provide I can not provide any useful information. I await the OP providing more info on the conditions and other basic info.

Casejones, what type of info on conditions and basic info did you need? I think the question was basic but straightforward and the OP shows her location (unlike you) which gives an idea of climatic conditions and it's really the weather which will dictate whether her beetroot will grow any more this year. Of course none of us knows what the weather will be like so we can only go by by previous years conditions which have been variable. I didn't say you pays your money and you take your chance in my own post. I've suggested a solution which allows the OP to hedge her bets

[veggiechicken]

Or start your peas and beans in modules and plant out later?

[Snoop Puss]

Douce Provence peas are amazingly hardy. I have grown them here very successfully. The worst year we had 75 cm of snow cover lasting days on the peas on three separate occasions. I covered them with plastic on a rudimentary frame to take the weight off the plants. Frost every morning for months on end and anything down to minus 17 ºC, though minus 12 ºC is more usual. Very early harvest in March to April depending on weather.

As for the beetroot, I don't really know. Me, I'd be tempted to lift and pickle based on a hunch they're unlikely to grow any bigger at this time of year. Out of interest, when did you sow them?

[veggiechicken]

Casejones, what type of info on conditions and basic info did you need? I think the question was basic but straightforward and the OP shows her location (unlike you) which gives an idea of climatic conditions and it's really the weather which will dictate whether her beetroot will grow any more this year. Of course none of us knows what the weather will be like so we can only go by by previous years conditions which have been variable. I didn't say you pays your money and you take your chance in my own post. I've suggested a solution which allows the OP to hedge her bets

Maybe Casejones is thinking of Edinburgh, Indiana?

[annie8]

Am just catching up. Thanks for the replies. I planted douce Provence last year and some survived despite the awful winter. So maybe I’m being optimistic but we do have a sheltered garden and they are in raised beds. I will plant some spring peas too just in case they don’t do so well. I like the idea of planting in with bettroot will look at whether I can. Will certainly chit the peas this year. Just a bit disappointed with the beetroot. Definitely not so good this year.