Sowing growing and harvesting beetroot (Boltardy)
Watch our animated guides to to sowing, growing and harvesting your beetroot.
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Get sowing
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Get growing
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Harvest time!
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Grub's up!
Tip of the day
When using raised beds remember to sow 20 percent closer than normal as they yield more.
Further Links
- BBC Gardening Basics: Growing beetroot
- BBC Gardening: Growing vegetables
- BBC Gardening: Growing in pots
- BBC Gardening: Seeds and gardening with children
- Woman's Hour: How to cook beetroot
- BBC News: Beetroot may cut blood pressure
- BBC Food: Warm roast beetroot and goats' cheese salad
- Royal Horticultural Society: Sowing, growing and harvesting beetroot
- Love Beetroot: All you ever wanted to know about beets
- The Guardian: Beetroot growing advice
