I have discovered that some beetroot seeds will provide two plants from one seed. I wonder if they grow as well as seeds that only provide one seed.
Hmm.. time for another experiment.
First I had to germinate enough beetroot seeds to collect at 15 doubles. Then I planted them in pots in a cross formation, with the centre being the double and the edges being singles. This is to simulate their growth in the field with other beetroot.
I also planted 15 singles in the same way. So, in all I now had 30 pots - enough replication to give a fair result.
Now to wait for them to start growing.
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| Germinating the seeds |
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| First emergence |
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| Counting the number of true leaves to record leaf emegence |
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| Measuring the length of the same true leaf each week to record growth |
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| A double...the pink mark the leafs I am measuring |
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| A single |
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| Uh oh! The leaves are changing colour. |
Turns out that the leaves change colour like this when they are too cold, too dark and too wet.
Bring on summer!!!
Once I have enough data collected I will compare their growth. Hopefully before all the leaves reach their senescence (die).
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