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    Beaut beets

    Oct 11, 2017 3 minutes
    Words Chris Stafford
    BEETROOT CAN BE GROWN ALL YEAR ROUND IN MOST CLIMATES BUT IS BEST PLANTED IN WINTER OR SPRING.

    Beetroot label

    Common name: Beetroot, table beet

    Botanical name: Beta vulgaris

    Family: Chenopodiaceae (spinach family)

    Requires: Sun, well-drained soil free of lumps

    Best climate: All

    Habit: Annual

    Propagation: Seed, seedling

    Difficulty: Easy to moderate

    In November 2008, when the president-elect confessed to Associated Press that he was in the habit of avoiding what Americans call table beets, it touched off a controversy among US foodies and launched

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