Beetroot Beetroot Sow the seeds from February indoors and from March outsidet. Consecutive sowings can be made until August. The seedlings will get a head start if sown in modules indoors and planted out when they have filled the module with roothairs. They may also be sown directly in the soil. Clusters of seeds should be sown 4cm apart. The seedlings should be thinned, leaving the strongest, to 20cm.

Beetroot should be harvested when young and tender, twist off the leaves and leave the root intact for cooking, or there will be bleeding.

No need to store beetroot in boxes of sand or peat, they do fine out in the garden for the winter.