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    Bolting Beets!

    The burpee golden beetroot I was so looking forward to are starting to bolt and it's hard to tell but I think the boltardy might be going that way too. None of those beets are larger than large marbles.

    Is my only option really to pull them up and start again - are they no good now even for there leaves?

    [EDIT] ... oh dear, think I see a flower stalk on my first sowing of carrots too - what are my options for this..

    I wasnt going to let the weather get me down but now I am really fed up
    Last edited by cazp; 22-06-2012, 06:50 PM.
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    Out of curiousity how do bolting Beets look? Leaves should still be eatable.

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    • #3
      Still time to resow carrots and beetroot, so get another row in, then in a week or two, another, and then again - I will be doing until the end of July

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      • #4
        Originally posted by ItsEssexRob View Post
        Out of curiousity how do bolting Beets look? Leaves should still be eatable.
        In the case of beets, instead of new leaves emerging from the base of the plant, a stem emerges with leaves growing off of it - eventually the tip of the stem will beocme a flower or seed head.

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        • #5
          Wow - really?

          My last year's beets and parsnips are flowering but none of this year's beets [and many were sown a fair while ago] are bolting. Get another sowing in pronto!

          If you want to see beetroot flowering - I can take a photo of my Dobbie's Purples in full action tomorrow. Just for the record.
          Last edited by zazen999; 22-06-2012, 10:38 PM.

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          • #6
            Yes both types of beets appear to be bolting, I have a later sowing which has germinated and will sow some more.

            The carrots are fine - no flower stalk, false alarm.

            On the bright side most of my parnips have germinated and I know they can be difficult.... so it's not all bad.

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