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beetroot how do you grow yours
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Originally posted by hollychap View Postive not tried roasting them always had them boiled so thats another road i now need to travel down
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Originally posted by hollychap View Posta cylindrical one (never grown) and a white albino
I don't boil beets whole, as I feel it wastes too much fuel. I cut them into chunks and boil for about 5-10 mins. However, I have to admit that I only really like beets sliced & pickled *blush*All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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Never successfully grown it (3 beets from 3 rows is not success) but I have made beetroot chutney from the River Cottage Preserves book - delish. Probably better with non-red ones as you have to grate them and therefore end up pink yourself.Proud member of the Nutters Club.
Life goal: become Barbara Good.
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Originally posted by Kaiya View PostNever successfully grown it (3 beets from 3 rows is not success) but I have made beetroot chutney from the River Cottage Preserves book - delish. Probably better with non-red ones as you have to grate them and therefore end up pink yourself.
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
Which one are you and is it how you want to be?
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That's very true, and turning pink for a bit isn't so much of a bad thing! Making elderberry vodka last year turned my hands dark purple for a day. I think it's all worth it! Although I would like some non-red ones one day to roast and so avoid pink potatoes.Proud member of the Nutters Club.
Life goal: become Barbara Good.
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I have posted on a beetroot thread a few weeks ago, but I think it worth repeating my experience. Last year I tried Bolthardy sown in modules - exactly as Monty Don (See link below) - Frankly I was dubious about this method, but the results were really good. - the beets did indeed jostle themselvs apart and I harvested lots of medium sized beet. - and of course we also ate the leaves too, just like spinach - in fact had some (from the freezer) last evening with tuna and pasta and a small glass of something suitable of course.
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Link: BBC Two - Gardeners' World, 2011/2012, Episode 1, Monty Don sows beetroot and plants shallots into cell trays
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Funnily I have just been looking beetroot varieties and was considering that very cluster idea as it sort of worked for me in a couple of troughs last year, good to have some solid info thanks.
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