When to plant beetroot seedlings outside – and one clever way to tell if the soil is warm enough

Beetroot growing in vegetable garden.

If you sowed your beetroot seeds indoors this year like I did, you’re probably wondering when to plant beetroot seedlings outside.

Learning how to grow beetroot is pretty easy – I even included it in my roundup of the best vegetables to sow in March for beginners, because it was one of my most successful crops when I first started gardening.