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On the carrot front, big recommendation for Rouge de Sang (Blood Red) from me. Not F1, also available from Etty's. I imagine from elsewhere too. I had good germination rate. They're not enormously long, but beautifully sweet and a very attractive colour (despite the name, not blood red). I'm growing them again this year. Sorry, LD...
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I love my beetroot and was also inspired by tasty cooked-in-beef-fat posh dinner. I ordered mine from Dobies too. Can't wait to try them.
Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
While better men than we go out and start their working lives
At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard KiplingComment
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So, you going to start a growing beetroot thread, SP?Comment
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I think it's got to happen
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Lets have a catchup
First the red samuri carrots,rubbish,only a few came up they were to woody to eat,then had the nerve to bolt,
the crapodine is doing ok,not tried any yet,have had to get some up as i am re.developing the garden,so here is a pic for your amusement peeps,the 1 at the top i accidently choped his leg chort when digging up,could have been worse eh,Attached FilessigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these
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They look fantastic lottie
I lifte all of mine yesterday. They are ugly and not much usable on them.
I made the fatal mistake of planting them in one of my newly created raised beds. Far to much manure in bed and the roots split in all directions and because of our abnormally beautiful summer ( which has now well and truly left
) they were very hairy searching for water. I did water but obviously not enough.
Spending the day turning this lot into something edible!
How long will fresh beetroot store for ?Last edited by Small pumpkin; 14-08-2018, 09:38 AM.Comment
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Oh dear SP,i have not stored beetroot,only frozen,i will try some diced beet in cake,see if it stays put or sinks,have had a thought about a vegg cake,anyone done any,after all,if you can do courgetts,carrots and beet,then we can legaly eat a veggie cake as part of a diet plan hehehe,dream on LD.sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of theseComment
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Could you replant some and grow them for seedOriginally posted by Small pumpkin View PostThey look fantastic lottie
I lifte all of mine yesterday. They are ugly and not much usable on them.it may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.
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In boxes layered with sand, in a cool frost free place, should store fine all winter. I've also taken out a hole in the plot in the past, lined with fleece, place beets in fleece and covered and then covered in soil and again they have been fine over winter, just remember to stick in a stake so you can remember where they areOriginally posted by Small pumpkin View Post
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