Hi Everyone! I’m hoping to get some help on my first year planting beetroots.
I never intended to grow them, but after my mother came home one day with dying baby beetroots, I was invested in saving and planting them to harvest. They were standard beets, planted in tiny trays by the grocery stores. I repotted them into a basket plantar that had a plastic bag. I cut holes, but this may be where my first mistake happens. Anyways, the beets were growing slowly but surely, and after a month, the leaves were lovely and large and I actually harvested a beet to thin, as well as taste test. Things were looking up, until over a course of 3 days, the green leaves went drastically from green to yellow. After researching, I figured there were miners at work, dissolving the leaves from inside out. I also noticed yellow, pepper-seed like eggs in my soil. I tried to cut back as many leaves I could to try to restore the problem. However I’m worried and this issue has ignited some questioning. I hope someone can help:
1) will my beetroots be edible, even with miners at work?
2) will they still grow much, with less leaves or should I harvest early?
3) is the soil now completely unusable? Or can I use it for other plants?
4) I was hoping to try planting more beetroots but from seed, what should I avoid doing and will I likely run into the same mistake even if I renew the soil?
Thank you, and I am open to any help.
I never intended to grow them, but after my mother came home one day with dying baby beetroots, I was invested in saving and planting them to harvest. They were standard beets, planted in tiny trays by the grocery stores. I repotted them into a basket plantar that had a plastic bag. I cut holes, but this may be where my first mistake happens. Anyways, the beets were growing slowly but surely, and after a month, the leaves were lovely and large and I actually harvested a beet to thin, as well as taste test. Things were looking up, until over a course of 3 days, the green leaves went drastically from green to yellow. After researching, I figured there were miners at work, dissolving the leaves from inside out. I also noticed yellow, pepper-seed like eggs in my soil. I tried to cut back as many leaves I could to try to restore the problem. However I’m worried and this issue has ignited some questioning. I hope someone can help:
1) will my beetroots be edible, even with miners at work?
2) will they still grow much, with less leaves or should I harvest early?
3) is the soil now completely unusable? Or can I use it for other plants?
4) I was hoping to try planting more beetroots but from seed, what should I avoid doing and will I likely run into the same mistake even if I renew the soil?
Thank you, and I am open to any help.
