Beetroot Tips

[pumkinlover]

If you've done it right Charlie... at least a year... then the colour tends to go...  :(

I used to bottle beetroot in jars with plastic lids so they were not airtight until I read Jeannine's threads, same with pickles. I used to loose a lot to mould. Now I know better everything is cooked in pressure cooker to make an airtight seal. May be a bit more work but saves waste and much safer.

[pumkinlover]

[growmore]

Try a sprinkling of salt over the row, raked in immediately before you set your seeds. It's worked for me for many years.

[elvis2003]

never heard of that one before,interesting,what does the salt do to help?
R x

[growmore]

Beetroot was origanally a coastal plant so maybe thats why.
To take it a stage further I know lads who show veg,  occasionally water their beetroot with a teaspoonful of salt to 2 gallons of water, .they maintain it deepens the colour.

[flattyre]

Beetroot responds well to seaweed - I think the trace element Boron is required for a good crop.