Beets

[Barbara]

I keep seeing posts saying people have pulled all their beetroots out, mine aren't big enough yet, can I leave them in the ground still, or will they go rotten.

Barbara...x

[Tig]

When did you sow yours Barbara?

They seem to like a continous supply of water (rain is best and some warmth.

If they get too old they can go woody.

x Tig

[Barbara]

I can't remember Tig, but they are only little, I might dig them up tomorrow and have baby beets .

[Barbara]

see.

[farmersboy]

That doesnt look a bad size Barbara,thought you were meaning finger size,they dont need to be big,or as Tig said they could be woody,and hard

[Barbara]

Thanks FB, I thought they were tooooo small ;D

[Ladygardener]

At the start of the season I was lifting and cooking mine when they got to golf ball size Barbara. That looks grand to me. :)I've been sowing a succession (sp) of them and am leaving them a little bit longer now.

[farmersboy]

Sept 23, 2010 15:59:45 GMT Barbara said:

Thanks FB, I thought they were tooooo small ;D

Nooooo,about golf ball size good,dont like them any bigger than a tennis ball,Barbara

[Barbara]

I dug some up in July a bit smaller than that and grated it raw into a salad,it was great, but I thought I had taken it to early, I know better now don't I.

[farmersboy]

You can leave them in the ground a bit longer if you want to Barbara,i pull mine up for winter storage in Nov

[Barbara]

Thanks FB, should I cover them if it gets very cold.?

[farmersboy]

They should be ok till Nov,Barbara,they can take a fair bit of frost

[Chuckles]

That looks like a perfect sized beet to me Barbara.

I'd never thought of grating them raw on salad

[Ladygardener]

I pulled a couple more up today and they were about golf ball size too, I've cooked them already. Not many more from that crop to lift. I sowed some late seeds and they have a few leaves on them but I don't know if they'll get to edibile size with the cold weather coming.

[Barbara]

They are very tasty done like that Chuckles .

[Barbara]

It's me again,

When I thin out my beets as there are a few sat tigether, can I resow the thinnings or should I just chuck 'em.

[Rosefriend]

No idea Barbara but why not - if you bung them straight in somewhere else they might not even know they have been moved !!!

RF

[pdblake]

I'm sure I've tried this before and it didn't work out, but what the hell, they'll only go in the compost otherwise.

[Barbara]

I've sown a lot of beetroot seeds today, we are going to be having beetroot juice I hope.

[Barbara]

Beets are showing little red shoots.

[Ladygardener]

Barbara,

I've sown Beetroot "Perfect 3" into cells today.

[Ladygardener]

Well, I had no sooner put my beets out into the plot than the S&S had them for dinner. I've resown and sprinkled blue pellets.

[Barbara]

The beets have been great this year, this is the 3rd lot I've pulled and still lots more in the bed.

[Ladygardener]

Wow Barbara those are smashing.