RE: Beets - when to harvest
I think I have this all sorted out now. I planted my beets in the spring,
so it looks like they are getting too large. I think I will try planting a
new crop now to get some smaller sweeter beets.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neason [SMTP:Rebecca.Neason@foxinternet.net]
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 9:10 PM
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: 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
