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Winter Sowing
galcho

WS beets

18 years ago

I was WS'ing first year. Had good success with some perenials, onions and some annual flowers, but now i have a problem with beets that i WS'ed. Almost all of beets are bolting, looks like they think that this is second year for them.

Did somebody have this experience with beets?

Tomatoes: with our long cold spring (it's still too cold here) i am not expecting anything from WS'ed tomatoes. Tomatoes that i planted inside in Feb, are doing fine. So, don't think that I will try to WS tomatoes, eggplants or peppers anymore.

Comments (3)

  • 18 years ago

    Don't give up on wintersowing tomatoes. This is my third year wintersowing tomatoes. I've had splendid success and will probably never start another tomato indoors. The first year I tried it I was sure it wasn't going to work. We had a cold start to this spring, and they got a slow start, but as soon as the weather warmed up, they took right off.

    I've never wintersown root crops, hopefully someone else will be able to help you with that.

  • 18 years ago

    My beets are growing more slowly this year than last, but have not yet bolted. Last year we had a warm winter/early spring vs. this year's cold spring, so maybe that's why they haven't grown much for me. According to your zone, it would seem too late for beets for you, but you mentioned it was still cold. Is your zone not a typical zone 8? Every year is a little different as far as what does well.

    I would give the tomatoes another shot. Last year, I had awesome results with winter sown tomatoes. They were slightly behind nursery purchased tomatoes, but I was able to continue harvesting until the beginning of November. This year's WS'n tomatoes have been a little slower than last year's WS'n toms, but are still coming along nicely. I have my first green tomato on one plant, and all the other plants look healthy. I haven't done as well with peppers. The few WS pepper plants I have are quite tiny still. I will give the peppers another shot next year just in case it was an off year, but may not continue if I have more poor results.

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  • 18 years ago

    Pacific Northwest, zone 8, but we have cold long springs. This year we got more than 4" of snow on April, 19. Today is actually first warm day and it's already summer.
    Tomatoes that i have started indoor and then moved to unheated GH are doing fine, I have plenty of green tomatoes already on them, but those that are outside still only going to flower. My brother also tried to WS tomatoes but his are still tiny, not sure if he will get ripe tomatoes from them.
    I have never had problem with beets bolting, sometimes i leave some in soil for whole winter, those are bolting in spring. Looks like my WS'ed beets decided that they are second year in soil already.
    I actually am planting beets several times during summer. Pulled some bolted today (they will still go to borcsh) and planted seeds for later crop.

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