Spring onions 10 weeks

Tender and True parsnips

parsnips 10 weeks after planting

Purple carrots after 6 weeks

Purple Carrots after 6 weeks

The purple carrots are still doing nicely - I had to thin a few out earlier this week as I noticed that there were some plants very close to others.  Reassuringly there were already nice long roots on each of the thinnings.

Last little gem lettuce

Little Gem lettuce

So this is the last little gem lettuce, and frankly I'm glad.  I've eaten so many of these damn things I'm fed up with them, and they did not turn out as the seed packet promised.  I shan't be growing them again.

On the plus side, I have today planted some more interesting plants - being japanese radishes in the place of the lettuce.

Horseradish leaves after 9 weeks

The leaves are now getting huge.

Horseradish leaves 9 weeks after planting

I'm very much hoping the roots are growing as strongly below the surface.

Boltardy beetroot at 8 weeks

Boltardy beetroot at 8 weeks

The beetroot at 8 weeks is just starting to show some roots at the foot of the plant.  I've been reading about this, and will need to thin out the plants shortly, in order to let the others have room to grow to their full potential, but I hope to get some small edible beetroots from the thinnings, rather than do it now.

Beetroot after 12 weeks

So here are the Alto F1 Beetroots after 12 weeks. I picked another few of the plants, and even though above the soil they looked promising, there was very little below the soil.

I've today planted a new variety of beetroot, being Cylindra Beetroot.  Like the Alto F1 variety, the Cylindra should produce long cylindrical roots, but hopefully the roots will turn out to be bigger than the F1.  I'll be keeping track of the progress.