I’ll admit it. I’m a reformed “beet hater.” When I was a kid, I thought I didn’t like beets because the only ones I’d ever eaten had come from a can and tasted like dirt.
Beets: A two-harvest crop First, it’s important to point out that beets are a biennial crop that are grown as annuals. These root vegetables grow in full sun or partial shade.
They can be harvested for two different edible portions: their leaves and their roots. Growing beet plants in your garden is a great way to increase your yields.
All varieties of beets have edible greens, but some selections are more flavorful than others. .
There are varieties with green leaves and others with red leaves. My preferences are ‘Bull’s Blood’, ‘Detroit Dark Red’, ‘Early Wonder’, and ‘Golden Globe’ for greens production, but there are many others
Harvesting beets for their green If you’re going to enjoy edible beet greens fresh in a salad or on a sandwich without cooking them first, you’ll want to harvest the leaves when they are just two or three inches long, no matter what varieties you grow.
When to harvest beets as baby beet If you hate peeling and/or cutting beets and want to take the easiest route, harvest your beets at the baby stage
The baby beet stage is when they are around the size of a golf ball. When the roots are this young, the skin is very soft and tender, and there’s no need to peel them prior to cooking.
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