Beetroot growth

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Quite a few of my beetroot (Boltardy) this year have failed to grow above golf-ball size. The tops look perfectly healthy and they are in the same rows as others, which reach tennis-ball size. Any ideas, please, so I can do better next year?
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Been there, done that. I think this is one veg' that benifits from thinning out. Cheers, Tony
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Thinning's not the problem - each seed was planted individually 5" apart.
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Lack of water, I would say. Beetroot are very thirsty plants.
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