Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

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

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.

Aparently (I think from TC) root crops need potassium. I have just started adding seasol to my beds with beetroots, will see what happens

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

so steve, did you add potassium?

Any suggestions?

hn

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