I had a wonderful crop of beetroot this year, my usual ‘Boltardy’ and an orange variety called ‘Burpees Golden’. The attractive orange roots look wonderful grown alongside red/purple varieties, a great contrast grated together in salads. No bleeding or staining, unlike the red varieties!
The attractive green and yellow tops can be eaten too, harvest young leaves as baby leaves, older leaves can be steamed and used as Spinach or Chard. Easy to grow although germination can be a bit hit and miss, sow thicker than you normally would for beets to avoid gaps in rows.
The vivid root colour just gets better when cooked, a lovely sweet taste but I do prefer the red varieties for flavour. Thank you to Mr Fothergills for sending me the seeds to grow.
They’re just gorgeous! I cannot wait till I get out of student accommodation + can finally start to grow my own food again!
I prefer the golden beet roots. They are delicious!
I grew some golden beetroot this year as well, although I can’t remember offhand what variety they were. They were nice, but on balance I think I do prefer the purple ones. They did grow well though, and I’ll certainly use up any seed I’ve got left.
They are a great Beetroot aren’t they and you are right about hit and miss…also unlike the reds are hideous when raw :)
Very nice! I’ve never grown beets before, but I’m always open to try new things.
Those are BEAUTIFUL Beets!:-)
Yum! Well done!
oooh I love the colour, and the fact that they don’t bleed is such a bonus!
Those pictures are beautiful and look scrumptious! You’ve introduced me to something new that I am looking forward to trying. Thank you 🌺!
I usually grow these although, as you say, I find germination can be a bit hit and miss. xx
Didn’t manage beetroot this year unfortunately, but the golden ones look lovely. Did some Chioggia a lovely pink/white striped one last year but unfortunately when cooked it just went all pink/purple! Have a rogue purple parsnip in amongst my parsnips however this year…
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I have grown the golden beets as well and I do like their flavor. However, curious if you found them as a whole to be much smaller in size than some of the popular red beet varieties?
They grew pretty much the same in size, compared to the red varieties. I tried my best to harvest them small (I prefer the taste), but some grew very large and were too ‘woody’ for me.