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Beets in Newfoundland
Handles wind and cool temperatures well, and greens are edible too.
demo estimate Guidance awaiting local review.
- Suitability for Newfoundland
- Cool-season — well suited
- Indoor seed start
- Not usually needed
- Transplant / sowing
- Direct sow ~1 weeks before typical last frost
- Frost tolerance
- Tolerates light frost
- Days to harvest
- 50–70 days
- Sunlight
- 4–6+ hours
- Spacing
- 8–10 cm apart
- Wind
- Handles wind well
- Containers
- Works in containers
- Greenhouse
- Not needed
Common problems here
- Leaf miner
- Uneven germination
Varieties that make sense for a short season
- Bolt-resistant types
Harvest
Golf-ball size and up; greens anytime.
Will beets work in your garden?
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