What is causing my beet sprouts to disappear? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Question: I have planted beets multiple times this season, with very little success. What happens is this: I plant the seed (Detroit Red) and a week or so later the little sprouts poke through the soil. I keep them watered, but over the next week or two, almost all of them disappear. I have a read more