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Too late to plant beet seeds?

11 years ago

Does anyone have any experience growing beets in North Texas? I've been thinking of planting beets & radishes for my winter/spring crop, but I'm worried that it's too late to plant the beets. Both say that I can start planting in February, so theoretically, I'm OK. But, I need to harvest the beets in time to plant my tomatoes...that will be spending their first few months in pots so that I can bring them into the greenhouse/house whenever March decides to get too cold.

I don't want to plant them now if I should have done it in the fall. I'm OK with harvesting somewhat small beets but I'd rather have them closer to baseball size than golfball size! :)

Thanks!

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mswillis5
11 years ago
According to my plan on Smartgardener I will be planting my beets Mid February. I live in Corinth so not too far from Lewisville.
Pam Dragoo
11 years ago
Thank you for this site information. I just signed up for the free site and it is great! I only have 7 things holding me back right now. My seven beautiful chickens. I have been letting them roam my fenced in backyard but now it is time to plant and I know they will tear up the beds faster then I can plant. I will have to fence them in a pen or build some sort of pen for my raised beds.
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cooking_in_texas
11 years ago
I planted in Feb last year and they didn't come up - called Johnnys and they said the soil has to be at least 60 degrees - sure enough - when the soil temp went up - the seeds out of the same pkts came up. So - check your soil temp. 68 is best.

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