Often, the top of the root ball peaks out from under the soil, indicating it’s time, or close to time, to harvest. You don’t indicate your location or when in October you planted, but check the maturity period of the seeds; it’s usually expressed in the number of days. And, while beets do well鈥攐r at least can be started鈥攊n a chill, in spring, the weather usually gets warmer and the Sun shines longer with each day. Fall brings opposite conditions: usually increasing chill and diminishing sunlight. So you may have missed the 鈥渟econd season.鈥
Often, the top of the root ball peaks out from under the soil, indicating it’s time, or close to time, to harvest. You don’t indicate your location or when in October you planted, but check the maturity period of the seeds; it’s usually expressed in the number of days. And, while beets do well鈥攐r at least can be started鈥攊n a chill, in spring, the weather usually gets warmer and the Sun shines longer with each day. Fall brings opposite conditions: usually increasing chill and diminishing sunlight. So you may have missed the 鈥渟econd season.鈥