BEETS… large tops but small marble sized roots?

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 06/04/2019 @ 8:41 pm

It could be that they are too close together; not properly thinned.
If they have been thinned as seedlings and still are not producing; it could be excess nitrogen.
A soil test is the only way to know if this is the issue.

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