Plant Rescue 104 - Beets

      Last year on December 31st, I wrote a blog that included an experiment to see if I could rescue some old beet plants discarded at the park:

  http://fromseedtoscrumptious.blogspot.com/2011/12/plant-rescue-101.html

Here is a shot of the beet plugs that I planted in cell packs on that last day of the year:

Beet plugs,  12/31/2011

      All of the plugs are still green as of now, and some I have already planted in the ground.  This batch is about to go into the ground to free up some porch space:

Beet cell pack,  3/3/2012

Roots coming out of the pack,  3/3/2012

      Yes indeedee, the beet plug has developed nice roots.  It is ready to go into the garden.  I guess I will put them into a cold frame, though I suspect they would be fine now unprotected.  The question is whether these plugs will develop into beets, or just go to seed thinking it is their second year of growth.  That would still produce edible beet tops much earlier than I could get from a new seeding.