How to Grow Beetroot | 2 EASY Methods

This video shows you two easy methods on how to grow beetroot for your kitchen garden. Beetroot, or beets, are a truly wonderful crop to have in your vegetable garden and are nice and easy to grow! You can either start them off in modules to later transplant, or sow direct where they are to grow.
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[@Korpitalo]

Hello from Northern- Finland 👋 I love beetroots 💜 I direct sow them about 6.6. after the last frost and beginning of August harvest them. I got 40 kg last summer. We eat them the whole year. They grow fast here, cause the Midnight sun.

[@wist112]

Goog job! Even in Lappi beetroots can grow! I'm From Tatra Mts, and I start planting them in half of May, but one year I had snow 20th of May.

[@jazzreilly]

hello my partner is finnish! 🇫🇮 with you eating them the whole year, how do you go about preserving them?

[@Korpitalo]

@@wist112 Thank you 😀 So you must be living quite high! Here in Kuusamo we can start planting in beginning of June. I grow 40 vegetables 🥕🥔🍅🧅🍓🧄🥒

[@Korpitalo]

@@jazzreilly Hi👋 you two! I mostly preserve them with vinegar, sugar and spices. Also raw in our root cellar buried in sand 😀

[@wist112]

@@Korpitalo oh, Kuusamo! So we can watch eachother in tv during ski jump tournament. Greetings from Zakopane 900 meters over sea level 😀. In my garden I also plant 🍓🫐🍅🥔🥕🌽🌶🫑🥒🥬🧄🧅🫘🫛 and after work 🍻😁

[@judifarrington9461]

Thank you so much for the recipes. It was the Huw's Hungry Gap Salad that drove me to grow purple sprouting broccoli! I love all these colors! Thank you Huw and Sam!

[@jencros1]

Who's Sam?

[@ColettesGarden]

Thank you for including such wonderful recipes! Its 3am my time, cant wait until dawn to get started. I will get pickled beetroot with oranges started. The potato and beetroot pie for our mid day meal with a leek bisque soup.

[@BattlingApathy]

Great intro video Huw! I love beetroot. I had some trouble with germination for the first few years, even with good fresh seed. So what I would perhaps add (that I have now learned) is: (1) Beetroot will germinate much more successfully on a heat mat and soaking the seeds in water prior to sowing will also help to remove the germination inhibiting substance on the seeds (just don't pour the water back into the modules!); and (2) I also had problems with the seedlings damping off, because before I had the heat mat I had them covered with a plastic bell to keep the heat in - instead, make sure that the new seedlings have lots of ventilation and make sure to bottom-water the trays.

[@tinkeringinthailand8147]

I am just harvesting my beetroot here in Thailand. I can only grow them in our winter :)

[@tamrahawkes3170]

My favourite thing is to use beet leafs instead of cabbage for rolls. Taste way better!!

[@NielsPilon]

I just sowed two types of beetroot today. Didn’t knew you could sow multiple seeds in a single plug so I used a single seed instead. Sow distance is 10cm with 30cm between rows according to the seed instructions while you sowed them with much less space in between. First time gardener so I’ll see how it all turns out. Season has just started so plenty of time to sow some more beetroot a bit later 😅

[@stevemindham520]

Sparrows love beetroot and chard. Lesson learnt the hard way!

[@nextchancenow7153]

Have some seeds and need to try, was thinking of sowing after I take out some onions. Didn’t think of sowing inside, might change my plan into an early season attempt.

[@andreat9847]

I'll watch the weed soak video next. Mine always take forever too grow and are tiny. Thanks for this video!

[@quantafitness6088]

Golden beetroots are so good! Apparently, I collect seeds of beets. I realised I have like 10 different ones and one bed to put them in 😱

[@marking-time-gardens]

Blessings on your day Kiddo!🌻🐛

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you so much! :)

[@larissamacneil7860]

Love the idea of multi sowing the seeds in clumps! I’m going to try this year 😊

[@davidshinn6501]

I usually direct sow mine in early April up here on Lancs/Cumbria border.But need to protect them and chard for a couple of months otherwise the Sparrows rip the leaves to bits!

[@milipwn]

i noticed that with every different type of beet seed ive tried the last couple years with alot of variable conditions , there are always plants that will never root up

[@gardenonthemoors]

Brilliant! I'm growing beetroot for the first time this year so 🤞

[@ladybirdgib]

One of my favorite pizza crusts I make requires addition of 3-5 pureed roasted beet roots mixed into the dough. Makes for a nice color, too!

[@Anja22_13]

Thank you for answering my question re the bulbs not forming.

[@Daisy_b]

BARBABIETOLA Per guadagnare tempo, far germinare i semi immergendoli per 24 ore in acqua tiepida leggermente addizionata di aceto o di limone; quindi seminare direttamente a dimora. In questo modo si anticiperà la cultura di una decina di giorni circa.

[@davegilford1257]

Thanks Huw. Will sow beetroot this week 👍

[@martinasoccol6807]

Very interesting video. Just seeing for improving my english and also because I would like to do gardening at home and in my future house. Helpful!!

[@andrewreaney]

We *watch* videos ie we choose to look at them. HTH.

[@gretroman8235]

I have always loved roasted beets. I wrap in foil and place on grill to roast. Homegrown roasted beets has converted the beet haters. And the greens are great steamed like spinach or even raw. Great video. Will try some other varities of beets this year.

[@elenanoumilelini3930]

thank you so much for all the knowledge that you share !🙏 subscribed.

[@ohio_gardener]

The only pest that bothers my beets is the Sow Bug. The love to take nibbles out of the young beets, which form into scabs as the beets mature.

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

I love beet root, I want to make beetroot pasta 🍝 I’m so excited 😆

[@sharonhendricks9706]

I love beetroots myself and I like the smaller ones for canning and pickling whole, but I'm happy with any size for roasting. A question: unfortunately I don't have a greenhouse so I depend on grow lights. Are there any great differences between seedling care pertaining to lighting without a greenhouse? Other than harding off, etc.

[@charlotteauxfraises6682]

Merci pour vos conseils🌸

[@shaunaburton7136]

I love beets!

[@CoastalGardensNW]

Great video huw

[@freedombug11]

I have a question about beets. If you want to eat the greens as well as the root, do you have to wait until the root is ready to harvest, or can you pick some leaves and have it still continue to grow so you can have a snack while waiting?

[@johnking-ht5ez]

What do you think of the Silvagrow Compost.

[@albertward9601]

Hi all the way from South Africa! Can you seperate the beetroot seedlings from each other and then transplant them? I know with carrots it is not possible.

[@patriciaknight1332]

I live in South Florida. What month should I start beet seeds?

[@joycewarde2062]

Can a plant a sprouting beet root

[@psisky]

I have boltardy seeds, also some growing in a bed over the winter that's probably ready. I admit I have no idea how to eat beetroot. Can I just grate it into my salad leaves?

[@KH-nn6kh]

Can you cut off the tops for harvest, then harvest root later? I would think so. Storing root veg for later, sweeten with frost.

[@andrewreaney]

Yes, you can. I've done this before. Just take a few leaves off each plant, though.

[@clarereynolds9607]

I heard the beet leaves are one of the most nutritious things you can eat- more so than the beetroot.

[@reneedrock2907]

Huw with beets can I use my diluted comfrey water or my banana diluted water?

[@anb6137]

Huw Richards took a very good look at Charles Dowding's videos. 😂

[@bluemoon8268]

… Huw has mentioned in his videos how he was greatly influenced by Charles Dowding …

[@HuwRichards]

You think Charles Dowding invented multisowing?

[@bluemoon8268]

@@HuwRichards … I certainly don’t think that … from your videos I see how your methods have evolved more into a poly/permaculture …

[@HuwRichards]

@@bluemoon8268 Thanks I was more so replying to An's comment rather than yours:) And yes certainly are evolving, I'm cherry picking whats best for my situation:)

[@tassiegirl1991]

Three years in a row my beetroot grew lovely leaves but the beet didnt develop. Multisown outdoor early summer in raised bed. Where am i going wrong. Hoping this video will help.

[@andrewreaney]

Sounds like a nutrient deficiency.

[@blasebaker]

Can beets be eaten as micro greens?

[@andreamortimer2610]

They sure can!

[@fatherofchickens7951]

What did the albino beet root taste like?

[@davidshinn6501]

I grew some last year. They seemed a bit sweet but were a good alternative to turnip or swede.

[@fatherofchickens7951]

@@davidshinn6501 nice! Thanks 🙏

[@saltburner2]

I hate the taste of beetroot! Can you give tips (other than pickling them) for making them taste less earthy ?

[@tinkeringinthailand8147]

How are you cooking them? Mine taste so sweet and not earthy. I simmer them for 30 or so minutes.

[@sarahtrew9331]

Golden & white beetroot is less earthy but I make a chilli beetroot pickle from some of my red ones which dampens the earthiness (though I enjoy that flavour!) hope that helps

[@HuwRichards]

Exactly what Sarah mentioned, grow golden and white varieties instead☺️

[@elainevang9114]

Love to roast them with onions, sweet potatoes and garlic. Thinly slice everything, spread out on baking sheet, cover with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast in oven until everything is soft. So yummy!

[@davidshinn6501]

I didn't used to like beetroot but then got into Chard and now appreciate the so called earthy taste.

[@youtuberussian1539]

Huw, do you mind if I translate your videos into Russian?

[@lksf9820]

I'm quite disappointed you're still buying in plastic bagged compost and not making enough of your own.

[@psisky]

Maybe it's not fine enough yet for seed sowing, and probably uses his tons of homemade elsewhere in his garden.

[@petrusvandermerwe-ln7vs]

nice vid