Best time to plant beetroot in Australia
Beta vulgaris
Also called beet, table beet, garden beet, red beet, golden beet
Beetroot is a root vegetable grown for its edible taproot, which is sorted by colour into red and golden types. It can be roasted, steamed, boiled, pickled or simply eaten raw, and the leafy tops are also used as beet greens. Swiss chard and sugar beet belong to the same subspecies.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
When to sow
| Zone | Months | How well checked |
|---|---|---|
| Cool | Sep to Apr | Matches local guides |
| Temperate | Jul to Apr | Matches local guides |
| Subtropical | Feb to Oct | Matches local guides |
| Tropical | Mar to Jun | Matches local guides |
| Arid | Feb to Oct | Matches local guides |
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 2.5cm
- Plant spacing
- 10cm
- Row spacing
- 10cm
- Height
- 25cm
- Germination
- About 20 days
- Time to harvest
- 70 days from sowing
- Frost
- Semi-hardy, protect from hard frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- biennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.