Where Are All My Beets? - Garden Quickie Episode 73

Not Getting Any Beets? Or how about carrots? This may be the video for you. Depending on the time of year you plant, certain crops may decide to not give you any harvest at all, preferring instead to flower and go to seed. Why is that?

Well today, even though its a Quickie, we break it down and show why that happens using my East side Beet bed as a prime example. Learning from our mistakes is the best way to becoming better gardeners!

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[AJWGBFX]

I had problems with beets in my early gardening career. They would get to be huge luscious plants, showing off all summer, then dying off or going to seed in autumn. I eventually figured out I was mollycoddling them - over watering and feeding them - their refusal to start forming a root caused me to give them more. I think I killed them with kindness! LoL 🤣

[demenACE]

The beet greens are our favorite foods. I prefer the greens! Tasty and healthy for you.

[erichaskell]

Last year our seasonal temperature variations caused/allowed our beets to go right to seed, skipping the bulb. I planted in April. Maybe this year.

[SpiceyKy]

Winter huh? So busy worrying about stuff bolting in the heat that I would've never guessed. Thx for the info.

[sn]

I have had a single beet growing for years in an "Earthbox" and each Spring it comes back and provides terrific beet greens throughout the summer for salads. Yes it flowers, but I just cut them off and keep using the greens. I never disturb the beet (which looks quite large). For some reason it has been a perennial for me :)

[ml.]

Have you ever sowed following a moon gardening calendar? I have had arugula babies bolt plantedbduring waning moon and no radishes when planted during waxing moon. In the Andes we follow planting techniques that are ancestral and learning about that has helped on dealing with plants. Just a suggestion. We have "heladas", but during the dry season our nights are at or below zero and our days super hot, still we grow all year long.

[cooki]

That's what my beets looked like after seeding them in the spring. Just skinny little roots. I got a few small beets but was quite disappointed!!

[ralphrutherford]

This guy is laying down some old school beats

[Steve]

So what's the solution, then? To plant in the spring?

[annwithaplan]

Interesting. Good to know for sure! Thanks.

[tesswagner]

I've had the same problem as Eric with spring planted seed. It's been this way for 5 years running, all greens and no beet. We do love the greens so no lost there. I've tried different areas of the garden with the same results.

[attilathehun]

I have a similar experience with radishes. Just weird.

[Rumade]

I had the exact same experience with radishes this year. Only 2 actual radishes, the rest were so skinny as to be useless.
I brought the leaves to the restaurant I work at to become garnishes hahah

[AnyKeyLady]

OMG! This was totally not what i was expecting in this video! How very interesting.

Have you been harvesting the leaves at least? Will you let them re seed? What are your plans?

I didn't even know that they did this. I think i am growing Detroit's too and was wondering why they don't get very big. I had a poor first harvest last year. A lot didn't germinate and i wasn't sure when they were ready. Trying again this year with the last of the seeds. The spinaches are sheltering them from the hot dry windy weather in the UK this year. Is there a set number of days to harvest?

Really feel for you and would be wilding if i saw this happen. Would love an update video on this on what you chose to do.

Thanks for sharing this. Best wishes from London, UK.

[theraayato]

Loved this, thanks for the info. at lest you can harvest the leafs :) pretty good sauted or in pestos, stems are crunchy delicious too.

[myrustygarden]

Lots of leaves no bulbs 🌧🌧🥶 hopefully soon 🌞🌞🌞

[JadyLester]

Ah! I guess I started them a bit too early. But we had kind of a false spring in the pnw, as often happens. My other source said it was because they were getting too hot.

[Edda]

Thanks, now I know why I have had only flowers/seeds fron my radish 💡. At least radish flowers are really pretty 😊

[nitrousblast]

I guess i missed something, i plant beets in the spring and get beets before winter sets in. I’ve never waited 2 years for beets.