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Re: Tomato question in metric


We eat beet greens all the time: delicious and used just like spinach. 
Sally

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> From: Christina <chtripp@connect1.reach.net>
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Tomato question in metric
> Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 8:52 AM
> 
> 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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