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White Beetroot

GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478
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Hello everybody , we have been harvesting Beetroot this week for pickling and pulled up a white Beetroot , never seen one before

wonder if this had happened to anybody else , have pickled it not sure what it will taste like

also notice another one which we left image

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  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    I knew they exist, never had that happen tho, how odd! image
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,134

    White beetroot (and yellow and stripey ones for that matter) taste like beetroot image

    I think that now that more different varieties are being grown, the chance of the occasional seed getting stuck in the packing machinery and slipping into the next batch is bound to happen.  

    One of Gardening's little happen-stances image  You may find that you prefer them and buy those seeds next year .....


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Singing GardenerSinging Gardener Posts: 1,237

    I'm growing a mixture of colours this year and cooked one red and one white to contrast the other day. I preferred the white one, which was sweeter, but OH preferred the red one which had a stronger taste. 

  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    I had a rogue white in last year's lot.  Delicious.  And a ringed ones too, come to think of it. 

  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713

    I am now harvesting my beetroot and have a few white ones in the crop of mainly normal red beets. Having read the above, I assume that this is a fairly normal occurrence.

  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Hello , yes it turned out to be quite common 

    have a good day image

  • sharon oldfieldsharon oldfield Posts: 3

    image  my first attempt at beetroot, still have some to lift too and i too have had a couple of white ones and thought there must me something wrong with them. Whats the best way to cook them?

  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Hello , cook white beetroot the same as red , however , if you want white to stay white don't mix it with the red 

    O/H pickled our , taste the same just looks different 

    Beets look good , is this at home or on allotment ? Just being nosey image

  • LeifUKLeifUK Posts: 573

    I find white are a bit less earthy than red, otherwise the same. I cook some by wrapping in foil and baking at 200C for 1 hour, then peeling, slicing, and soaking in salted vinegar. Others are peeled and cut into strips, then added to stir fries, risotto etc. The leaves are edible and can be eaten like spinach and chard, if the **** sparrows have not eaten them all ...

  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Hello , not eaten the leaves , something to think aboutimage

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