When do beets go to seed and can the winter over?

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Posted by Earth_Healer none (My Page) on

Tue, Oct 22, 13 at 17:15

I have some beets growing and it is close to the time of freezing but they are not ready for harvest. I have two questions, can beets winter over and do beets go to seed like some plants in that they only seed after the second yr?

Well I lied, I've one more question. If beets can winter over are the roots edible or will they turn bitter?

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Posted by albert_135 Sunset 2 or 3 (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 23, 13 at 14:41

Beets will usually, in most climates, go to seed next year when it starts to get noticeably warm.

Your other questions are better discussed at Vegetable Gardening - GardenWeb. I think you will find there that you can overwinter beets with enough mulch and that some varieties may sometimes get a bit sweeter during the early winter.

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Posted by campanula UK Cambridge (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 30, 13 at 17:26

yeah, mine overwinter....but they are pretty huge and gnarly, fit only for roasting and borscht......nothing like those little golfball summer beets. In truth, I mainly grow them for the leaves cos I am not keen on quite a lot of root crops (parsnip....gah!)...but essentially, they are biennial so will bolt to seed next year around May (for me).

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