My beetroots where doing well earlier this year but now they have red leaves
and currant-sized beetroots. What causes this ?

Delboy writes
My beetroots where doing well earlier this year but now they have red leaves
and currant-sized beetroots. What causes this ?

Sun and low water levels.


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Kay

Suggest you eat the leaves and forget the beetroot.

Try boiling a few but test to see if you like the taste.

On Aug 15, 6:03 pm, Bigal wrote:
K;739181 Wrote:

Delboy writes-
My beetroots where doing well earlier this year but now they have red
leaves
and currant-sized beetroots. What causes this ?
-
Sun and low water levels.-
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Kay

Suggest you eat the leaves and forget the beetroot.

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Bigal

lack of nutrients, 98% of mine are red too, except the ones planted
where the pile of seaweed was last winter.

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On Aug 15, 6:03 pm, Bigal wrote:
K;739181 Wrote:

Delboy writes-
My beetroots where doing well earlier this year but now they have red
leaves
and currant-sized beetroots. What causes this ?
-
Sun and low water levels.-
-

--
Kay

Suggest you eat the leaves and forget the beetroot.

--
Bigal

lack of nutrients, 98% of mine are red too, except the ones planted
where the pile of seaweed was last winter.


I am growing them in a container. In May I had lovely beetroots then came
the rains and problem since then. I have sowed new seeds and they came up
then went red too.
I think I'll give it up as a lost cause till next year.