
The Hatfield Peverel Allotment Association has been around for over a hundred years, below is an article written by David Goodey and makes good reading!
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The Hatfield Peverel Allotment Association has been around for over a hundred years, below is an article written by David Goodey and makes good reading!
Beetroot Varieties
Beetroot Varieties
Barbabietola di Chioggia Beetroot
An old traditional Italian beet with unusual white rings when roots are sliced. Requires less cooking than normal beets and has a lovely mild flavour.
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Boltardy Beetroot
Beetroot Boltardy is the most popular choice for early sowing, good resistance to bolting. Produces medium size globe shaped roots of superb deep red with no rings. Good resistance to bolting.
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Bulls' Blood Beetroot
Although primarily grown as an ornamental plant for its dark red leaves, it is now mildly used in baby leaf salads. It provides almost crimson colour leaves with a sweet taste to add to any salad.
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Cheltenham Green Top Beetroot
Long tapering roots of slightly rough texture, excellent flavour and good for the show bench.
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Crimson King Beetroot
Kings own variety, selected from crops on our Essex farm. Medium to large round roots of deep red with fine flavour and texture with no rings. Ideal for winter storage.
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Cylindra Beetroot
Half long stump rooted variety, perfect for slicing, excellent flavour and very good for winter storage. Slower to maturity than globe varieties.
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Detroit Globe Beetroot
Easy to grow and much more tasty than fresh shop bought beetroot. It should be harvested just at the right time when the size of a tennis ball.
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Detroit White Beetroot
A Tender pure white root. an unusual variety with a rounded slightly conical shape.
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Forono Beetroot
An improved variety of half long stump rooted type, selected for its flavour. Produces large roots which store well and are excellent for slicing and pickling.
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Golden Beet Beetroot
Yellow/orange flesh, globe-shaped. Does not bleed when cooked. Good Flavour.
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Moneta Beetroot
A monogerm variety producing single seedlings at each sowing instead of the clusters from normal seed. Medium sized roots which are slow to bolt.
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Pablo F1 Beetroot
This excellent deep red beetroot can be used as a baby beet, or grown on as a main crop. Perfect for any salad with its globe roots and sweet tasting smooth flesh.
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Wodan F1 Beetroot
Delicious medium size roots which rarely become woody. Pick young as baby beet or leave to mature.
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An old traditional Italian beet with unusual white rings when roots are sliced.
Requires less cooking than normal beets and has a lovely mild flavour.
Beetroot Boltardy is the most popular choice for early sowing, good resistance to bolting.
Produces medium size globe shaped roots of superb deep red with no rings. Good resistance to bolting.
Although primarily grown as an ornamental plant for its dark red leaves, it is now mildly used in baby leaf salads.
It provides almost crimson colour leaves with a sweet taste to add to any salad.
Half long stump rooted variety, perfect for slicing, excellent flavour and very good for winter storage.
Slower to maturity than globe varieties.
Homity Pie
Homity pie is a traditional British open vegetable pie. The pastry case traditionally contains a filling of potatoes and an onion and leek mixture, which is then covered with cheese. It has a history that dates back to the efforts of the Land girls of the Second World War and the restrictions imposed by wartime rationing.
Sow seed outdoors
Vegetable growing really takes off this month. Chit and plant out second early potatoes in the first half of the month, maincrop potatoes in the second half. It's also time to sow seed outdoors in well-prepared soil.
Now is the height of summer, the days endlessly long, temperatures usually at their peek and you should be reaping the rewards of your hard work in the preceding months. Watering in this month is crucial to stem off premature bolting, tomato blossom end rot and splitting skins.
October is the month when it feels like the season is about to turn, the days start to shorten and the sun appears lower in the sky, the leaves change colour and fall to the ground and temperatures drop. The first frost are likely too, which will be the end of many of your crops out in the open so if you still haven’t harvested frost sensitive crops now is the time before Jack Frost gets them!