When are beets ready to harvest?

When are beets ready to harvest
When are beets ready to harvest

When are beets ready to harvest? This article will explain some details of planting and harvesting.

Beet is a staple food in our garden, it is easy to grow, you donโ€™t need to wait a long time to harvest.

They can be harvested from about the size of a golf ball to the size of a tennis ball. Vegetables are also edible!

Beet or โ€œbeetrootโ€ is a colorful, cool-season vegetable that is easy to grow from carefully prepared soil from seeds and grows quickly in bright sunlight.

They are an excellent choice for northern gardeners because they can withstand frost and temperatures close to freezing.


WHEN TO HARVEST

Because beets are two-year-old vegetables, the first year of planting is the vegetative growth stage, so they cannot bloom and bear fruit. You can only judge whether it is mature or not based on its plants.

When more than one-third of the bulbs on the planting plant is yellow, and the cross-section of the cut seed is already powdery, it is mature.

Two-thirds of the plants in a piece of land reach maturity, that is, 40-45 days after flowering, the accumulated temperature reaches 800-900ยฐC. At the same time, it is necessary to select a period when the mature seeds are less shedding, that is, the harvest time.

For sugar beet, the seedling emergence, bolting, flowering, and maturity of the seed plants are inconsistent due to the different depths of the mother roots and other reasons.

Therefore, beet seed plants are best harvested in two stages. We should concentrate our efforts to complete it within a week. Delaying the harvest will inevitably increase the number of falling seeds and cause a serious reduction in production.

What are the characteristics of beets after they are ripe: After they are ripe, the branches and leaves will slowly turn yellow, and the petiole will taste the sweetness if you chew it with your mouth. If the above characteristics appear, it is ripe for harvest.


HOW TO HARVEST SUGAR BEETS

For golf balls of size or larger, the maturity days for most varieties are usually between 50 and 70. Large roots may be tough and woody.

Loosen the soil around the beets, and then gently pull them from the ground.

Starting from thinning seedlings, beet fruit can be harvested almost at any time.

Take one or two mature leaves from each plant until the leaves are more than 6 inches tall and hard. (If there is no green, the root cannot be formed completely.)


HOW TO STORE BEETS

Fresh beets can be stored in the refrigerator for 5 to 7 days. Trimming the tops from the beets can make them fresher and longer.

Leave about an inch of stalk on each beet and store the greens separately.

For root cellar type storage, make sure to remove all soil attached to these crops and then bury it in a layer surrounded by dry sand, peat moss, or wood chips (but do not touch).

Store in a cool, dry place. Unheated closets may work, or put them in a cooler part of the basement.

Read more about the new method of storing sugar beets in the cellar.

Germination is a sign of poor storage and leads to rot.

Beet can be frozen, canned, and pickled.


HOW TO MAINTAIN BEETS

Refinement is necessary because you may get multiple seedlings from each seed.

When the top is a few inches tall, the thin seedlings should be spaced 3 to 4 inches apart. Pinch or cut the leaves. Pulling them out of the ground may disturb the roots of nearby seedlings.

Mulch and then use water regularly for about 1 inch per week. Beets need to keep enough moisture.

Weed as needed, but gently; beetroot can easily disturb.

Recommend you to read โ€œHow to storing beets? Tips for lifeโ€œ


TIPS

Beetroot has long been considered an aphrodisiac: the ancient Greeks believed that their love god Aphrodite used them to increase her attractiveness.

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