Erm, the beetroot that you eat is the root, not the stem of the plant - but nevertheless, I agree that moisture, sunshine and patience will produce results.
I harvest mine when they are just a bit bigger than a golf ball - much bigger and they tend towards woodiness.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Also don't feed too much nitrogen which will promote leaf growth at the expense of the stem swelling (applies to kohl rabbi and swedes too, which are also technically swollen stems.)
Edit: just double-checked - beetroot is actually classed as a swollen root but most of that grows above the ground.
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Erm, the beetroot that you eat is the root, not the stem of the plant
- but nevertheless, I agree that moisture, sunshine and patience will produce results.
I harvest mine when they are just a bit bigger than a golf ball - much bigger and they tend towards woodiness.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Also don't feed too much nitrogen which will promote leaf growth at the expense of the stem swelling (applies to kohl rabbi and swedes too, which are also technically swollen stems.)
Edit: just double-checked - beetroot is actually classed as a swollen root but most of that grows above the ground.