Search
Latest topics
» Happy Birthday!!by AtlantaMarie Today at 6:51 am
» Bunk Feeder for Bed
by Lizlo_FL Yesterday at 6:27 pm
» Weird spots on tomato leaves seedlings
by Mattlund Yesterday at 4:56 pm
» soil block makers
by OhioGardener Yesterday at 1:27 pm
» Greenhouse - Helpful Hints in Setting up a Wood-Framed Greenhouse
by sunflowersarefun Yesterday at 1:13 pm
» Sourdough Starter
by Scorpio Rising Yesterday at 9:03 am
» Hurricane
by yolos 3/27/2023, 10:27 pm
» Think Spring 2023
by Scorpio Rising 3/27/2023, 7:32 pm
» Winter Lag - Waiting for Sprimg
by WhiteWolf22 3/27/2023, 12:39 am
» N&C Midwest: March & April 2023
by OhioGardener 3/26/2023, 3:48 pm
» Kiwi's SFG Adventure
by sanderson 3/25/2023, 10:11 pm
» Mixing Mel's Mix
by sanderson 3/25/2023, 4:08 pm
» Hi from Northern VA!
by onebirdiema 3/25/2023, 4:06 pm
» Sifted Peat
by sanderson 3/25/2023, 3:40 pm
» Can I Use this As My 5 Sources of Compost?
by sanderson 3/25/2023, 3:36 pm
» Green onions
by OhioGardener 3/25/2023, 8:28 am
» Nero Di Toscana Cabbage or Black Palm Tree
by Paul Crowe 3/25/2023, 6:01 am
» Chinese Cabbage and Radicchio, spacing?
by Paul Crowe 3/25/2023, 5:40 am
» finished my SGF garden
by sanderson 3/25/2023, 3:49 am
» need specific advice on MM
by sanderson 3/25/2023, 3:42 am
» Compost from Five Different Sources
by sanderson 3/25/2023, 3:32 am
» Indoor seed starting question
by Simso 3/24/2023, 8:30 pm
» Senseless Banter...
by OhioGardener 3/22/2023, 8:11 pm
» After harvest, leave the roots in or remove
by Mikesgardn 3/22/2023, 7:53 pm
» Best choice of pot to plant my seedling
by markqz 3/22/2023, 1:30 pm
» Responding to a specific post
by OhioGardener 3/22/2023, 9:55 am
» Sifting Compost for Newbies
by sanderson 3/20/2023, 3:47 am
» Too cold to put my new MM into my raised beds?? and Facebook SFG site
by sanderson 3/20/2023, 3:39 am
» Harvesting small amounts from iceberg lettuce, caulliflower, broccoli, cabbage etc.
by sanderson 3/20/2023, 3:37 am
» Epsom salts for your veggie garden??
by sanderson 3/19/2023, 11:37 pm
Google
radishes & beets not doing well
4 posters
Page 1 of 1
radishes & beets not doing well
For the third year in a row I can't get radishes, beets, or spinach to grow (Boston). Do root vegetables just not work in 6" of soil? Also, my lettuce and arugula do well, but I cant grow spinach for some reason.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
amysc- Posts : 5
Join date : 2011-12-30
Location : boston, ma
Re: radishes & beets not doing well
I could grow radishes and spinach last year without trying...neither did well this year. Radish greens were about 1/2 the normal size with very little bulb production. Spinach germinated but did not show even an ounce of growth. My beets did rather well (I've posted pics)...they like plenty of water and I mixed in some wood ash for additional phosphorus.
landarch- Posts : 1152
Join date : 2012-01-22
Location : kansas city
Re: radishes & beets not doing well
I had the same problem last year. I added alot more compost(two trowels full) to the square I was planting for radish and beets. Much better this year.
bakermtb
Certified SFG Instructor-
Posts : 87
Join date : 2011-06-21
Age : 68
Location : Ellicott City, MD
Re: radishes & beets not doing well
Try a top dressing of homemade compost with a few handfulls of bonemeal sprinkled in the bed. Take care with keeping even watering.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books

» radishes, beets, and carrots.
» Beets not producing beets?
» What are you eating from your garden today?
» Finally...What to do with all those radishes!
» Is this the longest SFG bed ever?
» Beets not producing beets?
» What are you eating from your garden today?
» Finally...What to do with all those radishes!
» Is this the longest SFG bed ever?
Page 1 of 1
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
|
|