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Title: Beginner question re beetroot
Post by: caroline7758 on February 20, 2009, 20:30:22

Does each seed just produce one beetroot???

Title: Re: Beginner question re beetroot
Post by: grotbag on February 20, 2009, 20:32:58

yes it does ,and welcome to the site

Title: Re: Beginner question re beetroot
Post by: caroline7758 on February 20, 2009, 20:34:19

Thanks-and thanks for the welcome,but I'm only a beginner with beetroot,been around the site for a while! ;D

Title: Re: Beginner question re beetroot
Post by: manicscousers on February 20, 2009, 20:39:37

my beetroot seed produce more than one from each one ;D
sorry, that sounds wierd, it's a cluster of them :)
oh, you can buy solo beetroot seed, one seed, one fruit

Title: Re: Beginner question re beetroot
Post by: tonybloke on February 20, 2009, 20:44:56

betroot seed are usually a small cluster of up to four seeds stuck together!

Title: Re: Beginner question re beetroot
Post by: Bjerreby on February 20, 2009, 20:45:33

That seems a complex question to me!

Apparently beetroot naturally makes seed clusters that we cannot split before germination, but there are some varieties that make single seeds. See this link

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Beta+vulgaris+craca

Title: Re: Beginner question re beetroot
Post by: Eristic on February 20, 2009, 21:54:55

The answer to the question is Yes and No. It all depends on the variety.

Title: Re: Beginner question re beetroot
Post by: caroline7758 on February 21, 2009, 09:54:22

Mineare Bull's Blood- the cluster thing would explain the seed being so nobbly!

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