JULY: GROW ON

CARE FOR YOUR PLANTS

Your beetroot sowings will now have transformed into a thick row of seedlings competing with each other for space, and so will need to be thinned out.

It is important to thin out these seedlings while they are small, to give them the area they need to develop good roots. Move along the rows of seedlings, cutting the stems of the weaker seedlings with scissors to prevent disturbance to the roots of the remaining seedlings. The tops of the thinned plants can be added to salads, or dropped onto your compost pile.

Thin the rows several times as the seedlings grow, to eventually leave beetroot plants about 5cm apart.