Harvesting your beetroots!

Charles shows here beets that were sown in the middle of March, and recommends fleecing them over to help them grow quicker, you should then be able to start harvesting your first beets in June.

You often get damage to the leaves on beetroot just as you do with chard, this is caused by Leaf Minor, it hides between leaves so you wouldn’t be able to see it.

When it comes to harvesting, you want to twist, keeping you hands on the other beets so not to destroy their roots. Maybe over the next month twist out the smaller ones as they become big enough to eat!

You also have another harvest, all the leaves are edible, similar to chard!