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Re: My Beets are always Disappearing!

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At 09:50 AM 12/9/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>   I am just wondering if this problem is my imagination, or
>if others have experienced this as well, and if so, what can
>be done. It seems like every time I plant beet seeds, they
>sprout nicely, then over a short period of time, little by
>little, the plants disappear. I have a large dog that we
>got over the summer, and realized that he was getting into
>the gardens, so now I'm in the process of making a new garden
>area surrounded by fences. So now I have some fencing around
>the gardens, so whatever is getting in, has to go through the
>fences. I had this problem last year as well. This year I also
>bought golden beets, and I've used alot of the package up 
>already. Whatever is eating the beets doesn't care if they
>are golden or red. Or could it be another problem that is
>making the beets disappear? Any help will be appreciated.
>
>     Susan Seifert in zone 9
>
Birds will eat your seedlings. The only way to fence them out is to use
floating row cover. Probably unknown in Florida. Margaret L


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