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| Keywords: Beet root before bolting.jpg en These are two Detroit Dark Red beetroots cut in half two hours after harvesting The one on the right is about 3 1/2 inches wide full-sized for this variety and about to bolt other beets planted at the same time and of the same size have bolted Changes in the root associated with bolting are visible the flower stalk is forming curving the normal vertical striations as seen in the comparator left-hand nonbolting beetroot from the same plot Also the right-hand root is a little lighter in weight than expected as shown in the white areas where the juice has been reabsorbed to nourish the embryonic flower stalk 2012-05-10 own Downtowngal cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Beetroot Plant physiology Bolting plants | ||||
