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Yellow beetroot: I was wrong. SO wrong.

Well, well. Blow me. I was wrong about the cylindrical yellow beetroot.

Turns out they’re delicious. Better than red beetroot – sweeter and softer, plus bigger and easier/faster to grow. Incredible.

So they’re brilliant and I heartily recommend you grow them. Just one problem: I can’t for the life of me remember what the fuck they’re called. Or which company sells them. Or in fact any useful detail whatsoever.

Still. A crop that’s great to eat AND absurdly easy to grow. That’s a first in the Soilman Allotment Experience.

I’ll be jiggered. Stone the crows. Fuck my boots (etc).

Postscript: I think – I THINK – they must be these. At least, they definitely look like this.

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7 comments on “Yellow beetroot: I was wrong. SO wrong.”

  1. Tom on said:

    They’ll be foreign too. Almost certain that is. Yellow indeed. Bloody cheek and foreign too. Tho I might have said that. Tasty you say? That proves it. I might be persuaded perhaps. Possibly. Easy to grow. Survives monsoons. Or lack of sunlight and interminable Spring drear. Slug hardy ?

    Oh well, fuck it. Let’s give it a go. Might get something to eat.

  2. Rob on said:

    I’m definitely going to give them a go next year as I’m also guessing that they don’t turn your pee purple when you eat too much.

  3. Rachael on said:

    I’m doing ordinary beetroot and also some golden beetroot, neither of which I have ever grown before (at least not successfully) I don’t think my golden beetroot is cylindrical though, I wonder if it’s the same thing? So far the red has outgrown the golden.

    • Soilman on said:

      I’ve tried the golden ones, Rachael (Burpees Golden), but failed to get decent germination several times. Gave up.

      These are categorically not the same; germinated absurdly quick at 100% rate and grew like buggery from the off….

  4. Tanya Walton on said:

    I was really unhappy with the different beetroot I grew last year, But I am going to take your word for it SM and I will give these a go next year..thanks for the tip. Oh and it’s nice to see you having a good rant for a change!! ;-)

  5. PermyGal on said:

    You tease! I cannot find this beet from your link. I’ve no luck so far with any type of beet in my garden…

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