Wow, this is the absolute worst beet germination situation I've ever had, like, ever, I'm pretty sure. There were MAYBE 3 or 4 max that germinated. No idea why. I had covered them with a light mix of vermiculate and soil, and watered frequently.
So, today I started round 2. I did them a couple of different ways.
Both ways I started by soaking the seeds overnight.
Then, one batch I put directly into the garden, sprinkled around rather than measured/spaced out, and placed a piece of floating row cover over top.
The other batch, I sowed inside, in my homemade potting mix, using the tray that has .... 36? little compartments (that I use for lettuce for example_). These I'll wait until they pop up and have grown a wee bit, then will transplant them the typical way. I put 2 seeds per compartment.
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