Aparently (I think from TC) root crops need potassium. I have just started adding seasol to my beds with beetroots, will see what happens
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| Author: | hawaiinewbie [ May 8th, '08, 03:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Beets? |
HI all, I have had some success and some failures with growing certain veggies. The biggest problem I have are aphids, the bastards. But I haven't had any success at all growing beets. Anyone hae any hints? I am thinking maybe my seeds are bad since they have problems from the very start but I dunno. Any thoughts? HN |
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| Author: | healingdeva [ May 8th, '08, 03:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Beets? |
I suspect maybe it is a seed problem. I have beets growing with slow "root" growth but fabulous leaf growth. I figure that works well... we'll just have beet greens for now until the beetroot develops. |
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| Author: | Outbackozzie [ May 8th, '08, 06:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Beets? |
Aparently (I think from TC) root crops need potassium. I have just started adding seasol to my beds with beetroots, will see what happens
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| Author: | steve [ May 8th, '08, 19:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Beets? |
yep, i grew beets fine last year. yummy leaves and sweat roots. just so hard to decide to use them as leaves or root crop |
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| Author: | hawaiinewbie [ May 9th, '08, 03:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Beets? |
so steve, did you add potassium? Any suggestions? hn |
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| Author: | steve [ May 9th, '08, 17:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Beets? |
nope. just fish food. added a bit of epsom salts once. and of course the salt. but have made no additions of NPK. give your system a bit of time, if they fail this season try them again next, you may be pleasantly surprised
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