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Re: Tomato question in metric


An amendment to my last post - what I meant was that Silverbeet is also known as Swiss Chard, not beta vulgaris (I missed a hyphen).

Lisa Hafey

Christina wrote:

At 06:45 AM 19/07/98 -0700, you wrote:

>
>2.5 cm to the inch.  10cm = 2.5 inches.
>
>Steve  (Maritime...)
>

Not quite Steve,   10cm = 4 in
btw, I have the same problem (planted too close) with the beets that my
2yr-old son seeded for me.  I've been moving them around and they seem
pretty hardy, but I'm running out of room (it was a big package).  It
always seems such a shame to thin out healthy little plants, but woe the
consequences if you don't.  I've heard of cooking beettops, does anyone
know more about this?  How big should they be?  How long to cook them, and
how to serve (butter, splash of lemon...)?
Christina  (zone 5)

 

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