How To Plant Out Beetroot Plugs

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Growing Beetroot From Seeds Direct Or In Modules

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How to plant out beetroot plugs. To plant out your seedling make a hole in the soil the approximate size of the seedling plug. You need to push the soil in around the roots firmly with your fingers to get good contact with the soil. Sow beetroot seeds outdoors from mid-April to late June into a shallow drill 1cm deep.

Slightly larger plug plants can be planted directly into hanging baskets or containers or left in their trays until its warm enough to plant directly out into the garden. Ideally do this for a week or more to get them accustomed to lower temperatures. Mature beets will need 3 to 6 inches between plants to grow to their full capacity.

Space seeds 10cm apart with 30cm between rows. Thin them out. Beet seeds can be hard to germinate but a couple of tricks when planting beets will help you get good results.

Prepare soils two weeks ahead of sowing digging in a high nitrogen feed and raking level. Beetroot is easy and quick to grow especially from plug plants and the roots can be harvested when young or left for a few more weeks to mature. Learn how to grow plug plants on in our quick and easy video guide.

Planting out beetroot plug plants Harden off your plug plants before you move them outside permanently. For an easy one off application feed soils with incredicrop for 7months coverage. Water regularly and keep the area free from weeds.

Your plants cant wait to get their roots into the soil. If it gets really cold the germination could get eradicated. Stand them up in some fresh water for a few minutes to make sure their roots have been thoroughly soaked before planting.

Beetroot is a very easy one to grow. Beetroot performs best in a sunny spot grown in free-draining soil that is high in nitrogen and plenty of organic matter. If plants arent growing strongly apply high nitrogen fertiliser 30g1oz per sq myd such as sulphate of ammonia and water in.

Make a planting hole the approximate size of the seedling plug with a trowel or dibber. Plant in a fertile well drained soil at the spacing recommended below. Water well and the seeds will germinate in 14 20 days depending on the temperatures.

Start pricking out as soon as the seedlings are big enough to handle. Sow the beetroot seeds from early April direct outside in about 3 cm deep in finely racked loose soil. Beetroot can also be grown in containers.

Although you may split the plug up into individual plants if you prefer we suggest that you plant the plug as a whole as the beets will push away from each other as they grow. Pot on your plugs into fresh compost in 10cms pots and grow on in a cool greenhouse or cold frame and plant out when the soil warms in late spring. Fill plug trays or pots with good quality all-purpose potting mix.

Learn how to grow Beetroot in a few easy steps from Quickcrop and expert vegetable grower Klaus Laitenberger. But remember theyll still need to be acclimatised or hardened off in the same way as their smaller cousins below. During dry spells water every 1014 days.

Harvest the beetroot when theyre the size of a cricket ball larger roots can become woody. If you are growing your chard in modular trays now is the time to plant them out. How to plant beetroot plugs.

I pick up a stick and make a hole in the soil. Once your beetroots have about 2cm 1 inch of leaves sprouting cut the weakest seedlings until the remaining plants are at least 10 cm 4 inches apart. Harvest some of your plants.

Please enable this to gain the full experience of our website. Plant them out into their forever home. Plant them out according to the instructions that will have come in the box with them.

Pricking Out Your Seedlings Pricking out means separating out seedlings growing together and transferring them into their own plugs or pots of potting mix. Seedlings are about 25cm 1in high thin out to leave one every 10cm 4in. Plants by post Beetroot The vegetable plants are supplied as multi-sown cell grown plants that are ready to plant out into your garden or allotment.

Sow the beetroot seeds from early April direct outside in about 3 cm deep in finely racked loose soil. Dont firm down on the top of the soil as this can compact it and prevent moisture getting down to. If you started your beets in trays the best way to remove the beet plant is to gently slide a spoon or a flat.

This simply means standing them outdoors during the day and bringing them back under cover at night.

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