Beetroot · Heze, Shandong, China

When to plant beetroot in Heze

Main outdoor window

4-18 Mar

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

25 March

In Heze, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

23 Apr - 13 May

If you plant at the start of the window.

The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.

Cautious Balanced Bold

Step by step in Heze

Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.

Sow for autumn

2-23 Aug

Counting back 84 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.

Sow direct

4-18 Mar

Three weeks before your last frost.

Harvest

23 Apr - 13 May

Sow in succession. A single sowing gives you a single glut. Sow a short row every 21 days through the window above and you get a steady supply instead.

Frost tolerance

Half-hardy

Damaged below

-5°C (23°F)

Days to maturity

50–70

Min soil temp

7°C (44.6°F)

Spacing

10 cm

Sowing depth

20 mm (0.8 in)

Sun

Full

Beetroot through the year

Against the frost risk in Heze

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Frost risk Autumn sowing Sow direct Harvest Today

Why these dates

Sow from three weeks before last frost, then every three weeks until ten weeks before first frost. Small roots taste better than large ones.

Seedlings take a light frost. Very early sowings into cold soil can trigger bolting later, so do not rush the first one.

Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Beetroot are timed for direct sowing 3 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Heze.

The median frost-free season here is 235 days, against 50 to 70 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.

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Nearby

Beetroot in places close by

Shangqiu 93 km Jining 102 km Kaifeng 117 km Anyang 137 km Liaocheng 143 km Xinxiang 152 km

Also in Heze

Other vegetables to time

Tomatoes tender Lettuce half hardy Potatoes half hardy Courgettes tender Sweet peppers tender Carrots hardy Cucumbers tender Green beans tender Peas hardy Garlic very hardy Chilli peppers tender Sweetcorn tender

Growing beetroot in Heze

When should I plant beetroot in Heze?

Aim for 4-18 Mar in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 17-31 Mar - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will beetroot be ready to harvest in Heze?

Expect to start picking around 23 Apr - 13 May, based on 50 to 70 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will beetroot tolerate?

Seedlings take a light frost. Very early sowings into cold soil can trigger bolting later, so do not rush the first one.