How to Grow Beetroot

Category: 

Vegetable, Leafy Greens

Planting Time:

Mid Spring to Summer

Harvest Time:

Approx 13 - 15 weeks

Difficulty:

Easy

Planting & Care Instructions:

Beetroot seeds can be sowed directly outdoors into soil beds from mid-Spring
Water soil before sowing to avoid disturbing the seeds once planted
Create drills/trenches in your soil so the seeds are approx half and inch deep
Sow seeds approx. 4 inches apart
Space rows approx. 12 inches apart
Cover the seeds and gently pat down to firm the soil
Seeds take approx. 2 weeks to germinate before seedlings appear through the soil
After about 8 weeks, the plants should be approx. 8 inches tall, with the beginnings of the beetroots appearing on the surface of the soil
Water regularly to keep the soil moist
Both the root vegetable and the leaves can be harvesting for eating