Beet
Beta vulgaris
How to sow beet: Direct seed into soil. Thin to 7cm apart when seedlings are 5cm tall.
Sun requirement for beet: Plant in Full Sun
Beet has been planted 73 times by Growstuff members.
Typically grown for its round or cylindrical taproot, the leaves of the beet are also edible. Leaves resemble Swiss chard on a smaller scale and are good sautéed. The taproot, or beet, ranges in color from deep red to gold, orange, or white and red striped. The beet has a delicious, earthy flavor with a touch of sweetness to it when roasted.

Predictions
Annual
living and reproducing in a single year or lessMedian lifespan
23 weeksFirst harvest expected
20 weeks after plantingLast harvest expected
20 weeks after plantingHeight
25cmSpread
10cmRow Spacing
10cmCompanions
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What people are saying about beets
Planting outdoors & fruit trees
by maco,
Today I transplanted the [cabbage](crop) and [onion](crop) seedlings outside and planted seeds for: [arugula](crop), [garlic](crop) (well, cloves, not seeds--forced in the fridge), mesclun salad mix, [kale](crop), [cauliflower](crop), and [beet](crop)s. Some of these (cauliflower, beets, mesclun)...
cabbages
onions
arugula
garlic
kale
cauliflowers
beets
apples
peaches
almonds
plums
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Coming together
by shawnacscott,
This weekend I had two full days to really focus on the yard, and I made the most of it. With the intermittent help of several others over the course of the weekend, I got both easement planter boxes filled with compost and soil, cleaned up and weeded the alley, got the stump pulled from the coni...
lettuces
arugula
mustard
sunflowers
dill
onions
beets
tomatoes
fenugreek
bell peppers
okra
artichokes
pot marigolds
mint
lavender
spinach
basils
thyme
parsley
zucchini
peas
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Getting ready for spring!
by maco,
I've got seeds either on-hand or ordered for just about everything I'm starting from seed this year. I've been working out what I want to plant, and this is the plan I've come up with for the 72 square feet of my backyard raised beds:  has sprouted. Beets are up. [Turnip](crop) are getting their second set of leaves so I will be thinning them out this week. [Radish](crop) going strong. And I believe I saw the [Swiss Chard](cro...
lettuces
turnips
radishes
Swiss chard
beets
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Inception!
by melannen,
I HAVE SPROUTS! I'm way too excited about this for somebody my age. There are a *lot* of beets coming up. In fact, way more sprouts than seeds I planted?? Do "[beet](crop) seeds" actually each have more than one seed in them? Am I going to have to figure out how to thin them earlier than I ...
beets
beans
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Seeds!
by maco,
All the seeds I ordered this year have shown up. I've got seeds for 7 kinds of dye plants, though I won't be planting all of those. Some of them get too big for the space I'm allocated. I got Burpee's heirloom seeds for [summer squash](crop), purple-top white globe [turnip](crop)s, chioggia [...
turnips
beets
tomatoes
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Growing Status
by black_hound,
I have been concerned about my pea planting because we had some unseasonably cold weather after I planted them. But I see a few sprouts from the Cascadia and Mammoth Melting [snap pea](crop)s. The Green Arrow shelling [peas](crop) have no sprouts so I replanted them today. [Turnip](crop)s hav...
snap peas
turnips
radishes
beets
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How to grow beets
Grown for: root (5) whole plant (4) bulb (2)
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Beet harvests
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milki harvested 10, weighing 0.085 kg.
about 2 months ago.
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milki harvested 2, weighing 0.047 kg.
2 months ago.
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shiny harvested not specified.
over 2 years ago.
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Find beet seeds
- abbz will trade nationally.
- shawnacscott will trade nationally.
- pazinjanka will trade locally.
- pazinjanka will trade locally.
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