the best way to show beetroot and wat to look for thank you
A lot depends upon what it asks for in the schedule.
For instance some will ask for
washed as grown;This means you show them with leaves and roots in tact similar to this picture;
So you are looking for leaves that are healthy and intact. Yellow and eaten leaves should be removed.
But even with this there is an art in it i.e. doing it without the judge knowing you have done it .........meaning keep leaf stumps to a minimum they are a dead give away.
Another version is tops cut to 3" as seen here;
Finally the one you cant plan for and that is when they ask for
one to be cutThis is so the judge can look at the rings to see if your plants have been grown well. i.e. all rings to have similar/equal spacings. A series of large and small rings tells the judge you didn't water them properly.
In the end a lot depends upon the quality of the show is it to NVA rules or just a local show.