Allotments 4 All

Forono (left) and Bietola del Orto (right)

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.
;)

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.

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 !



Perfect 3