Re: Beets - when to harvest

If you plant beet in mid-summer you can harvest huge, sweet roots into
winter.  But spring-planted beets rarely make good food above
tennis-ball size.

Steve  (Maritime...)

Smith, Sue wrote:
> 
> I fear I have let my beets get to large.  I always thought if they were
> large they got woody.  My neighbor said she thought her father left them in
> the ground till after the frost so they were sweeter.  But our first frost
> is still a month or more away.  Can anyone shed some light on this topic?
> 
> Sue
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