I usually try to mention that I'm in KY, zone 6b but I forgot. So, uh, yeah, KY zone 6b!

@chuckwagon7171

2 жыл бұрын

KY here as well, I grow some in raised beds because no matter how I try to keep the deer out in the field they always find a way to mow em down

@natureboy6410

2 жыл бұрын

How does periodically harvesting the greens affect the size and growth of the beetroot?

@chuckwagon7171

2 жыл бұрын

@@natureboy6410 photosynthesis, when they can't eat the sun...they grow less

@natureboy6410

2 жыл бұрын

@@chuckwagon7171 I was thinking harvesting it like you would chard or mustard, only harvesting the outside leaves inward, leaving the bulk of the young leaves in the center alone.

@chuckwagon7171

2 жыл бұрын

@@natureboy6410 you'll end up getting harvest beets, it will just be slower

I like to add a little cheap cinnamon to my seed trays I have even gotten away with recycling soil and have no damp off problems whatso ever because the cinnamon kills all fungus. It also is a great rooting compound

@collinrothwell8532

Жыл бұрын

Thank you . Will try it out as we have a we climate

@ladyryan902

Жыл бұрын

@kimberly THANKS. I forgot about cinnamon..i had beautiful cucumbers and pumpkin growing until yesterday they were protected from the freeze then started curling 😕 I recycle my pot soil also

@plantedbythebeach8010

Жыл бұрын

Keeps the fungas gnats away too

@buckstarchaser2376

Жыл бұрын

I'll have to try that. Thanks!

@joannasheldon2146

Жыл бұрын

Well, the trouble with using an anti-fungal compound is that you'll prevent the plant from forming a relationship with the beneficial fungi in the soil, which is vital for its health and ability to find water and nutrients in the soil. I prefer using a lot of sand in my potting mix: 6 parts sand, 6 parts dampened coir, 3 parts worm casts. When I have it I add a light sprinkling of biochar and sometimes a sprinkling of seaweed. The seaweed would be particularly good in the case of beets.

I am a veges farmer in Botswana Africa and are sowing beets direct throughout the year. Detroit Dark Red or Crimson Clobe gives good results. Close them up with 30% shade net sheets which I pull over a bended 20mm black plastic pipe to form a bow. Pin them down with a "U" bended piece of wire at each bow about 5m spaced. Sow 7 rows of beet seeds on a 1 meter raised bed. Germination takes about 2 weeks but needs lots of watering at the start, 25mm the first day and 2nd day again. We have very hot summer days of 40 degree celcius but with enough water they manage. Winter germination 2 weeks, but then I cut the shade nets out, and just watering. Beets handle our cold nights very well, which can go minus 1 to 2 degrees celcius. I have build a rolling hole press to "hole" the beds, pull it with a tractor which runs across the beds. before I put 2 seeds per hole by hand. A bit labour intensive to plant, and then I thin out 3 weeks after sowing, to be left with a seedling per hole. I do this on commercial scale and harvest 10kg per running meter which gives me 60 - 65 beets. People more intersted in more info send me a note I willing to share my results as long as you are making a harvest!

@taunta37

Жыл бұрын

You no doubt have the best soil ❤

@christopherburman3340

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Am in limpopo, south africa. Hobby farmer with 3 hectares. I will try your approach. We grow far too much for our own consumption. My wife wants to start selling, so we're trying to work out where to start. We do everything in a regenerative way. Our biggest challenge is snails, so we also use shade net on hoops to try and keep them out!

@oyandakona5994

8 ай бұрын

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Not sure if it’s the best idea, but while we grow a lot of beats, we take a couple leaves from each as the season goes for beat-top salads. It’s a great replacement for lettuce which does not grow well in warm weather. Hope this helps someone! 😀

@johnhubbard6262

2 жыл бұрын

Beet greens are superior to other greens for nutrients

@jeffreylyons1531

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely the best idea! I love love love braised beet tops, I don’t really care for the beet itself lol

@arshadhussain5145

2 жыл бұрын

Thank

@arshadhussain5145

2 жыл бұрын

When can you harvest the leaves from?

@codedesigns9284

2 жыл бұрын

@@arshadhussain5145 We typically wait until the beets are big enough to support taking leaves from, so the leaves will regrow. Taking leaves when the beet is too small is not good for the root. So the leaves will be about the size of a Romaine Leaf size(ish) when it’s ok to take a leaf here-and-there. Some will be smaller, some will be bigger.

Fun fact about beets: their color does not stain fabric. This is because its color molecules are too large to stick to fabric. Chemists and dyers have been trying for centuries because their color is so beautiful, but at this point, I don't think it's going to happen. Best beet recipe: Peel, dice, simmer in orange juice with a dash of nutmeg until soft. Eat. Yum.

@notillgrowers

2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating! Thanks for sharing

@paullittle5200

Жыл бұрын

I love diced beet in horseradish sauce and vinegar 😛

@julianadelion5497

2 ай бұрын

Fine slice orange peel too

I love the editing, side-bar commentary, and dad humor. Big fan of the whole vibe of the channel. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Some very excellent content.

@martyheresniak5203

Жыл бұрын

But alas, he's in Kentucky. Go across the river to Indiana and, voilà, Hoosier Daddy.

@patriciamathis3191

Жыл бұрын

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@annal3708

Жыл бұрын

Same here! 😂❤

Love this upbeet video! Always trying to up my game on beets and looking for the secret that will work for me.

@melissamoore521

2 жыл бұрын

lol!

Thanks! This video beets all others I have seen, so far.

@notillgrowers

2 жыл бұрын

solid

@lmcg9103

Жыл бұрын

😂👍

I freeze beets so freezing breaks cell walls making nutrients available. Then I thaw them out and dice them for a salad. I use olive oil and Apple Cider Vinegar for my dressing.

Thanks, Jessie! I personally love your puns. Growing beets first time, middle GA.

You mentioned people tend to buy the red round beets over the other varieties. Have you ever considered selling a "sampler" bunch to introduce them to the different kinds of beets?

I love beets as well, pretty underrated by most except for old people, Eastern Europeans, foodies, health freaks, and market gardeners…🤣 My favourites are golden as a home grower, but I find them more finicky too, worse germination rates, slower growing, but so purdy and tasty. Starting 2020, I did a cut and come again on the greens and the new green growth replaces the old harvested in under 2 weeks. I get at least 5-7 leaf harvests before I harvest the whole beet with still full leaves and root, that looks like a normal fully intact beet plant.

@notillgrowers

2 жыл бұрын

Intersting!

@advancednutritioninc908

2 жыл бұрын

I love beets and the greens! 45 miles north of Atlanta GA - do you selectively cut or just slice all the greens off in one shot?

@TheNewMediaoftheDawn

2 жыл бұрын

@@advancednutritioninc908 I’m glad you asked as I was concerned I didn’t clarify…. Myself I selectively harvest the biggest “swiss chard” outer leaves, and let the small inner ones re-grow quickly, exactly like one would harvest their close relative Chard…. But I’ve heard of market gardeners doing a full cut of everything for salad mix, many many times, although I’m guessing the re-grow is a bit longer, although with good fertility should be fine…

@advancednutritioninc908

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheNewMediaoftheDawn Thank you for the details!! Have an Awesome Week!!

@juneshannon8074

Жыл бұрын

I’m one of the old people. However I’ve recently been introduced to roasting beets, yum. I also pickle them in traditional way,and make beet relish which is great in a meat sandwich. My beet preference is the old fashioned red globe type.

I love your easy-going, friendly, "I'm not a perfect know-it-all" delivery. Lots of great information. Thank you!

Growing beets for the first time and thoroughly enjoying them in our urban raised bed garden. For dinner last night we had beet greens sautéed with bacon and riced cauliflower. Then placed seasoned tilapia fillets on top, baked in the oven. Ummm Ummm good! I also made beet stalk refrigerator pickles! I love beets ♥️. Update on the beet stalk pickles….. too stringy.

@makeoversbymeme2077

Жыл бұрын

Sooo, what time is dinner ? 😊

@markseymour940

Жыл бұрын

Replace tilapia with wild caught salmon. Much healthier

@faithmercy7647

Жыл бұрын

Careful. Cooked beets are high in sugar, but Raw strengthens blood.

@williemasterofdestruction5339

Жыл бұрын

Mmmm.... now I'm hungry! Maybe I can sneak the beets in and the people here that claim not to like them won't notice...😂

@Acts-1322

Жыл бұрын

Sounds incredible, wish more of my patients would go to this medicine during their meals instead of the crazy expensive petroleum based pills created by Rockefeller's modern medicine

‘Dry climate crop’ 😮 sorry I just have to chuckle at how things can vary. I’m in Juneau, Alaska and we are in the Tongas National Rain Forest. Our summers are very wet, but beets are one of our best crops. The temps are moderate and cool and seem to like the moisture. We usually grow the Detroits and have excellent, and delicious beets that will store in the fridge for several months. I enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing!

Charles Dowding multi sows beets in a clusters of 4 or 5. Then he plants them out in the cluster, and will harvest one beet at a time by twisting them out.

I like your comments about not wasting anything. I separate the beet, leaves and stems and use them in different ways but I like to cut the stems in small uniform pieces and pickle them. Even when I thin my beets I save them for micro greens on my salad.

“One day I’ll find that vegetable that likes poor draining soil, because I’ve got some work for it” 😂😂 give Malabar spinach a try. It needs consistent moisture and doesn’t mind wet feet. Really popular in Asia and India, so depending on the diversity in your are, it may take some time to gain traction.

I grow in Zone 6b/7a, northern Shenandoah Valley, VA. I grow mostly the Goldens and do pretty well with them. This year we converted our large garden #1 to raised beds. Our fill was a mushroom compost mix. I direct seeded in a bed that was to be planted w/ tomatoes. Took WEEEEEKs for germination (much longer than normal, but our weather was not 'normal'). Without a doubt, growing beets in the raised bed makes for much easier seeding and harvesting, and the compost mix is great for beets (heck, for ALL of our garden so far). I've been harvesting the greens for about 3 weeks now; yesterday, pulled some beets for a meal...delicious! No insect damage to leaves at all, beautiful roots. Direct sowing was on April 14, so a little over 60 days to harvest beets. I will be direct sowing again today (Detroit Reds), and since this is a very cool June, I'm gambling that we'll get 'summer beets' this year. After listening to your raves about tunnel-growing, I'll try a small patch in my greenhouse for Fall. I also save seeds, so some of my earlier beets will be left in the ground to bolt. We eat raw and cooked beets (mostly in stir fries), raw and cooked leaves. Every part of the beet is delicious. New subscriber...I get a kick out of your calculations...math can be a gardener's friend. :-)

@daniellebailey6802

10 ай бұрын

Totally off topic, but we just spent the weekend in Luray. The whole area is beautiful!❤

I soak my beet seeds in a little fish emulsion water before planting. Have had great success with sprouting within a week.

A ton of great information here! I'm going to be planting beets for the first time this fall and I was looking for excellent info on how to best plant and care for them. Thank you! LOVE your channel! 👍

You just cant beat the information you provide in these videos! Thanks.

New to gardening but we love beets. I have watched your video a couple of times. I eat the beet greens in salads. Then we juice the beets with apples and ginger. Taste like a liquid sweet tart. 😍 If your body needs healing, the juice will knock you out. I have slept for 8-12 hours after the juice. 1 beet, 4-5 apples (we use Granny Smith) and fresh ginger, about the size of your thumb or larger per person. I like larger amount of ginger. Happy healing ❤️‍🩹

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and growing info.

We have a bunch of (purple top)beets(broadcasted before the field was disced for the planter to come through with the sorghum) interplanted with our sorghum-sudan field. We are working on fixing the soil in that particular plot and so far, those 2 crops, along with a few beans and some corn, it's doing well for the first year. In the home garden I grew some hakurei turnips. Those i hand seeded. Those are very good and didnt last long, even with the kids. Central Arkansas here. Thank you for another informational and humorous video.

Awesome video! Leaf miners are definitely an issue here in southern Ontario. I am just a small-time gardener doing it for sustenance so I take a few minutes a day to check leaves and rub off eggs with my finger.

Yep..been growing Detroit beets for over 20yrs...and they are the best...and you can easily grow year round as long as last seeds are planted 4_6 weeks before frost...🤔☺🇭🇲

So glad you popped up in my feed. Definitely subscribing. Everything I was looking for to fine tune my beginner beet growing experience. Seems like they would grow okay on containers too.

Thank you. 😊 I live in South Island N.Z. Heading into winter and i started my beet seedings late. You really helped me decide to keep these guys in my glasshouse. Might be a wet winter and dont want them to drown.

Thank you! We grow a fair amount of beets in MN we plant them in a triangle point to point three inches seed at each point the triangles are 6 inches apart linear and 10” apart lateral. 3 row grouping. When the beets grow in the triangle they push outward. It works well. Great content thank you again.

Thank you and bless you for this. Love the dry humour, relevant detail and whole attitude.

I started using Frost Resistant Row Covers last year and had some beets survive the Winter. I ate the rest, but for the first time have one that is going to produce seeds.

You made me smile this morning, so thank you! Great beet advice.

You are thorough! That's not necessarily a bad thing. I prefer more rather than less information. I don't know if I want to grow beets now. But I do like you and your humor, a lot!!! Thanks 😃

I refuse to direct sow beets anymore. This was a big year of learning about beets. Soil blocks, give them some space and don't fertilize. Fall is going to be fun here at the homestead growing a bunch of beets. Thanks for all the awesome info you provide on this program

So informative. Thanks for all the great detail. I love beet greens and prefer them to spinach as a cooked green. Also I have been growing bulls blood beets the past 2 seasons to add the leaves to salads, which makes a nice contrast with the distinctive purplish leaves. I think I will try to grow beets under my tomatoes this season per your suggestion. Thank you!

@alph8654

Жыл бұрын

I like the beet greens real well also !!!

I have had pretty good success with multi sowing. My beats usually size up pretty good after pulling the bigger ones. Some do not, but all in all not bad. I had been starting them in trays. Just a couple of days ago i took an old mop handle and made a little indent in the soil and added 3 seeds per indent. I spaced them about 8 inches apart. I am hoping that is works for me. I friend told me he has been doing it that way with good results. I am just a gardener growing for me and my land owner.

Good video....I've always loved beets! My wife pickled some that were give to us last year. Now, I'm about set to plant my first ever beet crop on April 1, 2023. And, as a result of this video, I'm gonna direct seed about half and seed/Transplant the other half. Just a bit of a test for our hobby farm.

NC zone 7b, red clay but we practice no till, Broadfork each bed and use a nice layer of compost and amendments. I’ve tried paper pot and direct seeding. Paper pot resulted in weird shapes and I personally don’t like the results in our context for any crop. I prefer jang with I believe LJ12 and sometimes have to adjust the brush because as you mentioned the seeds are all different. We seed on 30 inch beds, 3 rows. Boro, golden, and chioggia. Golden sell best at market and for me Chioggia tastes the best. I’ve found washing with modified electric pressure washer with the green spray nozzle gets them super clean and is really fast. I still haven’t found the right velocity for the peddle sprayer set up yet. But it works great for washing hands. Spend the time pulling the extra soil and bad leaves in the field. It’s makes cleaning so much easier.

@notillgrowers

2 жыл бұрын

Great additions, thanks!

@reimerron

Жыл бұрын

What sprockets are you using for KJ12? Thanks.

Great listening to your beet growing on your scale. Home gardening in Michigan zone 5 b. Growing in-ground beds 4ft by twelve. Six of them, plus another thirty by thirty feet. Thanks!

When I was a kid in the 60s, I remember my Grandma and parents growing a garden in our hard dry clay dirt in SW Okla. they always grew some beets and some turnips. I love hot buttered beets, and I now use stevia to sweeten the pickling vinegar for beet pickled eggs. I remember Grandma’s beet pickles! I’m going to throw some seed out and see how they do this year! I’m in zone 7 now.

This is my first time seeing one of your videos and I love it! I've hit the thumbs up and subscribed to your channel. I'm growing beats for the first time in my backyard garden and found your video just by searching for growing beats! Thank you for all the great advice! I look forward to watching more of your videos!

Love that you get to the relevant stuff while having fun and being witty

@notillgrowers

Жыл бұрын

amazing, thank you!

Super video. Informative. Great sense of humor. Thank you.

Respect from Africa 🇿🇦 Thank you Jesse.

Excellent very helpful and comprehensive. Thanks

Nicely descriptive. Thank you.

You are one of our top 3 favorite growing channels! We would love to see you experiment with electro-culture! My students and I were very successful experimenting with growing living soil, and now I am introducing passive electro-culture to them in our sustainable living STEM style course. If you ever do a video on electro culture, give a shout out to Mr. Pennella's Sustainable Living STEM class at Piedmont Christian School in Virginia. You are a great inspiration!!

Thank you for this informative video. I’m in SE Tennessee and I am going to try to grow beets for the first time this fall. Beets are one of the vegetables my husband likes, so I really want them to be successful. Yours look fantastic! Thank you again, and any other tips are greatly appreciated!

Fun fact: I have been successfully growing beets in my backyard garden. I grow extra every year to share with the goldfinch that perch on them and eat the greens. I think they are cute and I like to watch them so I don’t mind sharing and growing extra. It would be easy to think the big holes in the leaves was from an insect but they are actually from birds. I may cover some this year and leave some for them exposed. 😊

I love your sense of humor! 😁

i love this video

Wow, this guy knows his stuff!

Love the comedy injected into your educational videos! Your humor is hard to 'beet'! LOL

Just found your KZread channel, love you up beat and humorous videos, so informative and keeps my attention ❤️

Love the content! I wish the number of small or even mini farms grew more, especially in eastern europe. People are so... big ag focused. phew!

Awesome data. Great teacher

Thanks for the "beet-down", great advice as always!

Great video. Probably the most informative beet video I’ve watched. Thanks 🙏

Zone 4b grower in Northern Wyoming. Our big problem with beets is with root aphids. We started using a special nematode from Arbico and I think its getting better. Great video.

@wirelesscaller7518

Жыл бұрын

Watching your cold, amazed you can grow gardens Feb ! Thursday 23rd 100 sunny here in tropics! Weird weather here!

Jessie you are a star! Thank you so much chief! 🌱💚🙏✨🔥

Like your delivery. Harvesting just one beet from a cluster, watch Charles Dowsing use of only compost, and harvesting beets. Good stuff!

No wonder I had so many failures with beets! This should help me a whole lot!

Great advice, thanks for the chuckles!👊🤠👍

really excellent instructional!

Celery. You are welcome. Great videos!

Love your humor! Keep it up brother!

Love the humor!.... very informative video

"I will say borscht is a really fun word to say" 😆

Good job I like this garden

You are living my dream! I like beets but live for the greens. I live in southern Ontario and would love to grow beets year round.

Roasted beet tacos with goat milk cheese are the best! I've grown most of them from bull's blood to gourmet blend and an albino beetroot. All delicious if I say so. I'm inTexas zone 9a or 9b one of those. Happy gardening farmer Jesse

Enjoyed all the informatiom😊😊😊

You got me, beet lovin' new subscriber here! That was a bunch of great information that I didn't know, even though I've been planting beets in our Colorado hoop house at 8600' for several years. Thanks for the good vid, I'll go look and see what else you've got!

Thank You for your Info 🙂 We Like the Darker Red Beets as they seem to have richer sweet flavor. By the way, we love Beet Greens saute'd with bacon, onions, etc. They help hubby's blood glucose levels. (can't say they do for everyone, but they do for him)

Awesome video! I love beets!

I LOVE beet greens! And my chickens LOVE the beets. Win-win!

This is great info. I got a few chuckles and agree that Blood Turnip is a great name. I didn't think beets would do well in the heat, so I never tried to grow them past spring. Thank you! I use shredded paper as a mulch for carrots. It retains the moisture and keeps the weeds out, but it's light enough that the seedlings can bust through. I'm sure that would work for beets also (usually start them in trays to get a jump on spring). TN USDA zone 7a, but it'really a 6a.

@littlelomaricafarm7302

Жыл бұрын

I grow beets year round in zone 9b they do fine in the heat. Our hottest week was 110-114 this summer and the beets just slowed down. I plant beet more beets every time I pull them to eat. So it is s succession. We love the greens as salad or even sautéed like spinach or kale.

Thank you, I was trying to figure out why only 50% of my seeds germinated. Will try covering them.

Love pickled beets! I make and sell them , a lot of them ! This fall will sell 8.00 a pint! Can't make enough! Love the videos! Keep making! Happy Planting! Marlene a farmer from SC!

Good morning from the uk 🇬🇧, I have just started growing this year and beetroot is on the menu, I have only grown them out side up to now, I have just had a poly tunnel and I am going to plant some from seed and some from transplant and see how we go, we love beetroot ❤

Awesome Garden Info

So informative. I love beets and have a few ready for harvest now (my first time growing them) and they do get some shade in this section of my garden and it’s the only place where they sprouted. So I think I’ll try them around the tomatoes and see what happens. Growing in central tx zone 8

Love thinning, beet greens are awesome!

Going to check this out later. I planted beets last summer. And most of them came out so tiny. In the past, beets were always the easiest thing to grow.

@jSheapullen

Жыл бұрын

I had to wait until my leaves over 1 foot to get decent sized beets.

And your beets look amazing too!

Well, i just watched 4 of your videos and i'm beat...So much good info. I grow my beets for the deer, at least that's the way it's worked out..After 20 years w/o a fence, i think i want one now, the deer have plenty to eat around here.

These are in my garden, thank you and bess🙏🇺🇸

Definitely agree that golden beets do not grow as strongly as red beets. Here in UK (zone 9) Boltardy is our go to red beet.

Thanks for the boron tip! Our soil is boron deficient with high ph so I will foliar spray this season. It explains my crappy beta vulgaris crops the last few seasons! Bought your book last week and im already half way through it. Lots of good info! Blood turnips 🤟😎

Thank you for an awesome video 🎊

Thanks great video💫

We intercrop beets with garlic to keep away leaf miner.

Good introduction on growing beets. Blessings always...Anna

Love the dad joke at the end! Thanks for sharing information on how to grow beets.

Excellent video. Thank you. L

I'm growing Cylindra this year. Looking forward to trying beet fries.

Great guide. Thanks for the metric captions (:

We had a Helloween beet this year, thanks to slugs gnawing a kind of skull in it, and it looked really cool with the little root "on the head". Greetings and thank you for all the content.

I do use Paperpot with good success, I have used 5 cm and 10 cm with success with one seed per cell. I also use a Earthway seeder but does drop a lot of seed per drop and requires a lot of thinning