Prepare your garden bed before planting by removing any weeds and adding 1-2 inches of good quality compost.

Plant beet seeds 1 inch apart and 1/2 inch deep.

Space the rows by the gardening method you are using. If tilling leave 18 inches or more between rows, for hand weeding 12 inches is enough. For planting in wide rows use a 6 inch spacing in all directions.

When the beets have grown to 2-4 inches tall thin them to be 3 inches apart.

Keep the ground evenly moist but not soggy, providing 1 inch of water each week if you haven’t had enough rainfall.

Start harvesting beets when they are 1 inch wide for baby beets. Harvest every other beet in the row making room for the remaining ones to finish growing to full size.