Forono (left) and Bietola del Orto (right)
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Please tell the difference in flavour between Stan&Ollie SS.
Stan is more 'beetrooty' and Ollie is softer and sweeter! ;D
That sounds like one for me and one for Bearded wonder then. Noted! ;D
Growing Boltardy, nice flavour,but next year I'm going to be more ambitious.
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Wanna few seeds now maggie? ;D
OOh yes pleasy. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Detroit 2
Majestic, Jennym. Mine are baking as I type! :P :P
Cant remember what sort they were - i'll need to look in my seed tin for the packet.
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Beetroot Solo - posted on behalf of Bill on our site, who kindly gave me some today, but doesnt use new fangled things like computers. Still succulent even though this one measures in at 7".
Well Done Bill !
Nice beets folk. I will try again next year complete failure for my first try this year
Lorna.
Beets are an odd one. Mine did well this year, after the slugs stopped eating the seedlings.
I cooked a Cylindra yesterday that weighed 1lb 12oz! Didn't photograph it though, sadly.
They are amazingly tender even at that size. More chutney!
moonbells
Moonbells, I couldn't believe that such big beetroot would be tender, but they are. Slugs had a real feast on mine too, but I re-sowed and had a good crop later.
I think the trick is to grow them rapidly - then they stay tender.
Have half of one cubed as lunch today with some cheese. Filled the box!
moonbells
Still believe in these.
.. tried them this year tim - too sweet for me! :P
I prefer a big hairy forono myself :o but it was worth the experiment :)
Tim - i notice that your beetroot have slight mangold on the leave, can you treat this.
I lost all mine to this pest and dont understand why its affecting my plants.
I'm sure you're with the majority, Sarah. Never met a forono, so checked. Quote:
Forono is excellent for slicing. It consistently scored very highly in our taste tests. A pleasant fresh-tasting, mild but full flavour. Less sweet than many of the globe beetroot tasted.
Freshly dug beets have a buttery-sweet flavor that even kids will love.
Sweeter taste than other cylindrical beets.
Take your choice! Whichever, I still like white potatoes & white apron!!
Chris - I'd never met a Mangold Fly, either, so didn't know what was messing up my Beet & Chard - far worse than the speck in the photo. I've just been picking off the affected leaves & hoping. Even had I seen the fly, I would have just regarded it as "a fly"! Thank you so much for your post.
http://www.inra.fr/hyppz/RAVAGEUR/6pegbet.htm
So THAT's what it was ? Mangold Fly. I just kept removing affected leaves pretending it would all be ok. and it was ! the leaves just kept getting ruined, looked scorched but the roots were by and large fine !
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This is the last of my Forono pulled today. G x
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they look scrumptious - did you eat those nice looking leaves too? :D
Georgie.They look great. Did you grow them in pots/tubs? I must try again next year I love beetroot.
Thanks both. Er, didn't realise you could eat the leaves, SS! ::) Yes Lorna, those were grown in pots, one plant per 5" pot. My earlier crop was grown in the border and there was no noticeable difference in size. But as beetroot is perfectly happy in shady spots, growing it in smallish pots between other larger pots has many benefits. :)
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Georgie. Good!! I have earmarked the path under my bedroom window to grow veg in pots next year. I am sure it will be more attractive than a plain old concrete path.
Lorna
Jennym once posted that she left a few beet in the ground over winter so's she could have salad leaves. Better start off some more then G ;)
Good idea, Lorna, what are you going to grow?
SS, can beetroot tolerate tempertures down to freezing? Only in a cold snap last year some of my pots were frozen!
G x
Yes they freeze well ;D
LOL! ;D
G x
Georgie. Definitely beetroot. I thought carrots as I like them raw (not cooked) also would like to try a few pots.I reckon I have got enough room for six large tubs or quite a few more if I use smaller pots.
Lorna.
Sounds good to me, Lorna. :)
G x
When pickling use an egg slicer to slice it up.Much quicker easier and a lot less messy.
Nice one!
Still got half dozen in the ground and a jar full at home. Will probably get 6 more jars from whats left. Lovely sweet pickled.
finished all the fresh ones long ago, but still have some pickled and on the second jar of beetroot/lime jelly. I have it with everything.
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