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24 Jul 20, Andrew (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I found out why my beetroot got flowers: because they aren't beetroot, they are Hon Tsai Tai. Whoops!

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27 Jul 20, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have grown Hon Tsai Tai for the last 3 years. I have 3 plants that are just about finished flowering. Lots of seed pods on them. Love watching the bees in the morning on the flowers.

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05 Apr 20, ange (Australia - arid climate)

container gardening in foam and fruit boxes.....how much depth will beetroot require....also carrots....meaning the space to really grow

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06 Apr 20, Anon (Australia - temperate climate)

250-300mm of soil.

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21 Nov 19, Katie (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

this website is great

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25 Sep 19, christine trujillo (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

i bought beetroot from Bunnings. i planted the seedlings 10 weeks ago and now i am ready to pick them, BUT the beetroot are a pale watery colour so i cooked one to see what would happen. It was tastelss and not a red colour at all. i had plenty of compost and good rich soil. great huge leaves, This is sometyhing i have never seen before and i have grown beetroot many times before, and they were lovely, red and tasty

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26 Sep 19, Anon (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I had a problem a few years ago. Pale pink colour after I cooked them. I now grow from seeds Detroit & Bulls blood. Don't have too rich a soil, will produce a lot of leaves as you say. They may have been a mix up of beetroot variety. I bought celery seedlings from Bunnings for 5 years, when grown they were Italian parsley I think.

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10 Oct 19, anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have a great crop of beetroot growing. About 150 plants in different gardens. I planted bulls blood. I just picked 20 great looking 75-100mm size beets. Cooked them for 1.5 hrs and whamo they are this pinkie colour. Same as I described above. I don't know if it is the variety or whether I over cooked them. Will cook for less time next time. Or I won't grow that variety again.

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25 Nov 19, Another gardener (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I am going back to the Detroit variety.

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23 May 19, Reg Offord (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I am having problems getting Beetroot seeds to germinate

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