2021 Root Crops (end of season notes)

Beets (Crosby’s Egyptian BC, Red Ace R, Detroit Dark Red R): first crop: very good, but had some leaf miner damage; cover early next year. Second crop failed as young seedlings, damaged by hurricane but may have also needed fertilizing.
Jerusalem Artichokes (private stock): excellent year! Two sets of flowers on 10’ tall plants with solid harvest.
Radishes (Cherry Belle R, Sora HM, Pink Beauty BC): first crop good, try staggering planting by a few weeks and put in double rows. Second crop a bit spotty, some rodent predation on seedlings, but good harvest.
Daikon Radishes (Daikon HM): planting first crop in spring was a mistake, spring plantings bolt. Second planting in mid-August matured, but should have been thinned better.
Rutabagas (Helenor J):very spotty germination, seeded twice and still not many, plants that came up did well, try covering seed with remay next year.
Sweet Potatoes (private stock): everything went well until rodents found underground tubers and started feasting on them, harvest couldn’t wait until after hard frost, tubers were good quality but some were damaged.
Salad Turnips (Hakuei J, Mikado R): seeded both varieties for first crop, both were good but Mikado germinated more evenly; consider staggering first planting. Second crop was only Hakurei, with most of the seedlings eaten by rodents.
Turnips (Golden Globe HM): germination was spotty, infill seeded a bit late, not all matured, but generally good.