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Shiny gold flakes on my beetroot roots

everybodyneedsastorey06242everybodyneedsastorey06242 Posts: 2
edited September 2023 in Fruit & veg
I've just pulled up my beetroots & they all have what looks like gold leaf all over the roots 😅 has anyone seen this before? It wasn't in the soil before & I'm not sure what it is, some kind of chemical reaction or what. Are they safe to eat?

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    If it washes off under a running tap, they'll be fine.  If  I had gold flakes in my soil, I'd be borrowing a metal detector. Buried treasure?
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Have you added  expanded vermiculite to your soil, either potting or seed or old stuff tipped on the garden?

  • everybodyneedsastorey06242everybodyneedsastorey06242 Posts: 2
    No I used a bag of compost from homebase and it definitely wasn't in it then. I just left them untouched & didn't add anything
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