Beetroot is best sown in spring, but can also be resown later. In the following, you will learn everything about sowing beetroot and how to grow delicious beetroot seedlings.

Beetroot is only sown after the ice saints

When to sow beetroot?

Young beets are sensitive to frost, which is why the healthy vegetables should only be sown after the ice saints at the end of May. However, since the vegetable is often eaten in winter and can be stored well, many experienced gardeners do not plant their beets until June.
The beets have a development time of about three months. This means that if you sow beets at the end of May, you can harvest them at the end of August, if you sow them at the end of June, the harvest time will be postponed to the end of September.

tips

If you want to harvest beetroot earlier, you can start growing them at home in February. You can find out how to do this here.

Where to sow beetroot?

Beetroot prefers a warm and sunny site; In an emergency, she is also satisfied with partial shade. It prefers loose soil, which it can penetrate well with its up to one and a half meter deep roots. The beetroot is one of the medium eaters, which means that it is happy about a fertilizer application with compost and is planted according to the crop rotation after heavy eaters.

How to sow beetroot

Like most vegetables, the beetroot is a dark germinator, which means that its seeds must be covered with soil. Proceed as follows when sowing:

  • Find out which neighbors the beetroot gets along well with and make a planting plan.
  • With the help of sticks and thread, pull out straight rows of plants with a row spacing of about 30 cm.
  • Press two to three seeds together every four inches about an inch deep into the soil.
  • Cover the seeds with soil and water them well.
  • If you have a lot of bird visitors in your garden, you should protect the seedlings from predators with nets or scarecrows.

All important at a glance

  • Sowing date: after the ice saints
  • Location: sunny to semi-shady
  • Soil: loose and rich in nutrients
  • Nutrient requirements: medium
  • Row spacing: ca.30cm
  • Planting distance: 10cm
  • Sowing depth: 1 to 2 cm
  • Germination time: 12 to 14 days

Prick the beetroot

After about 14 days, the first seedlings can be seen. Wait until the seedlings are about an inch tall and then pluck out the smaller seedlings so that there is only one strong, larger beetroot plant every four inches in the bed. Here you will find step-by-step instructions for pricking out beetroot.

tips

If you want to save yourself the pricking out, you can grow your beets in seed trays, as mentioned above.

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Vegetable garden