Topic: How big is your beetroot

[allaboutliverpool]

I have just taken the last of my beetroot out of storage. It weighs 732grams. Do yours grow as big or do you prefer them small?
There is a lot to be said for storing vegtables as it is a way of having produce all year round.

See photo on

http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments_Vegetables_beetroot.html

I have started a blog today, on

http://allaboutliverpool.com/blog.html

I don't know how I have time for gardening, but I do know that the only time I watch the telly is when the Reds are playing!

[saddad]

Prefer them small but agree about storing veg... still got three Crown Prince Squash to start...
 ;D

[OliveOil]

All i have left is one spagetti squash which i dont really like.  We ate all the beetroot so i'm growing loads this year as we loved it!

[Grant]

One spagetti squash left over from Summer 2005, thought I would see how long it kept.  Do store beetroot in sand in the shed.

[okra]

used the last beetroot in the freezer at the weekend - last year was the best crop ever

[Jeannine]

I grow, Solist for baby beets, then a carrot shaped one for slicing and another for  preserving. I chucked away some really big ones last year that didn't get picked on time, huge things, not so good on taste though. Xx Jeannine

[jennym]

Have grown Detroit 2 and Boltardy in previous years, neither of which get really big, but taste fine to me. Last year a chap on the allotment site gave me some Solo beets, which were huge but still very good tasting and tender. Here's the pic I posted: http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/smf/index.php?topic=22838.msg241747#msg241747
Meant to get some seed to try this year for myself but forgot. Never mind, always next year.

[allaboutliverpool]

Wow! I can see a contest starting!

http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments2_my_allotment_in_liverpool.html