When garden space is at a premium, growing beets in containers is an easy way to cultivate this favorite vegetable. By adding beets to your garden-vegetable list, you’re getting a double harvest: Both beet leaves and beetroots are nutritious and easy to prepare. Beets can tolerate frosts as well as warmer weather, giving you a container-gardening crop throughout the seasons. Whether you prefer to start your beets indoors or to direct sow them, you can grow them out in a pot in just 2 months or less after germination. In this article, you’ll read about why and how to grow beets in containers, from beet seeds and seeding to potting mix and fertilizing.
Why grow beets in containers
There are many reasons why you might want to grow beets in containers:
Gardeners with limited outdoor space can successfully grow beets in a pot.
The whole beet plant is beautiful. The bright-green or deep-red foliage looks a lot like Swiss chard—a close relative—and adds interest to any landscape.
Beets and beet greens are edible at any size. You can start harvesting beets to add baby beet greens to a salad early in the season, and you’ll enjoy beets and greens until they mature to full size. Each harvest makes room in the container for the remaining plants to grow.
The loose soil mix used in containers is ideal for root vegetables, including beets.
Beets grow in full sun or partial shade, preferring 4 to 6 hours of direct sunlight each day. You have options for where to place your container.
After harvest, beets store well in a refrigerator produce drawer or buried in a box of sand in a root cellar. You can grow beets abundantly in pots, harvest, and store them until you need them.
You may have even more of your own reasons for growing beets
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