Rubbish Beetroot

[Eristic]

I'll take this one........what is a ROOT DAY?

A good day to sow roots. ie The weather is warm and sunny, the soil is friable and rakes to a fine tilth, little or no wind to blow the seeds away, cats are on holiday, birds are singing, butterflies flapping .......

[Eristic]

[Lauren S]

I grow everything bio dynamically according to the phases of the moon. If you follow the link below it will show you a link to a great book. I just got the *Planting By The Moon 2008* it has a full calendar for what to plant now, October 2007 to December 2008. Tells you EXACTLY what to plant on which days and even days not to plant anything at all (different reasons given).

http://www.plantingbythemoon.co.uk/

[twinkletoes]

Isn't that a bit tricky if its raining?  What happens then?   Do you just not plant that particular crop?  Obviously I know nothing about this system.....................   :-[   Think I'd better stick with Eristic's way determining when's a good day to sow seeds.   ;)
Eristic - is that what butterflies do ..... flap?   ;D
Twinkletoes

[jennym]

Have grown Cylindra, mostly grow Boltardy, both very reliable. Did try a new one this year called Red Ace and was very pleased with it - large size but still sweet and tender.

[cornykev]

The ones I have left are tiny, but luckily one of my lottie mates Bart gave me some bigguns on Sunday.  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D