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I've never had good luck transplanting beets...any advice from your personal experience?
ReplyDeleteI don't know why people have trouble transplanting beets? It's always gone fine for me. I learned to grow them indoors from a local CSA farmer. But there's really no trick. just like any other vegetable you start indoors. I find they are very hardy and transplant well. Transplant them out in clumps of 2-4 - you don't need to pull them all apart. The corms will push each other apart as they form.
ReplyDeleteIf I have too many seedlings, I sometimes hold some in the pot. They will stop growing and several weeks later I can plant them out and they mature much later - as if I had done another sowing.
I start them inside even in summer because it's easier to transplant than to thin them I find. And easier to water the little seedlings when they're in a pot than out in the garden.
What happens when you try to transplant them?
Hm... I am beginning to think I am really not talented at beets. When I've transplanted they've all just stopped growing and shriveled up. I do think I tried to separate them so might try growing them as a clump as you do.
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