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Beets
in Guelph North.

Match the crop to your conditions. Start with the seasonal picture, then choose a planting date with local advice.

Guelph North, ON N1E

Plan a planting check
Beets
Postal areaN1E
Planting methodDirect sow
Cold responseFrost tolerant

Your seasonal context

Understand the place before the date.

The N1E area uses a representative location near 43.568°, -80.242°. In the nearby historical climate grid, July is the warmest month on average (22.3°C), while January is the coolest (-6.2°C). July has the highest mean daily precipitation (2.50 mm).

Monthly mean temperatures are below freezing in January, February, March, December. Outdoor planting during those months needs a separate protected-growing assessment. Beets tolerate some cold, but variety, plant age and exposure still matter. A monthly average cannot identify a safe planting day.

Light at your latitude

At 43.568° N, the length of the day changes independently of temperature. Compare the middle of three seasons when planning your garden.

March 1511.6 hours
June 1515.2 hours
December 158.8 hours

Geometric daylight estimate from latitude and solar declination, rounded to 0.1 hour. This is time above a flat horizon, excluding atmospheric refraction, hills, buildings and cloud cover. It is not the direct-sun exposure of your bed. About solar-position calculations.

Historical monthly climate near N1E · 2001–2020
MonthMean air temperatureMean precipitation / day
January-6.2°C (21°F)1.64 mm
February-6.0°C (21°F)1.70 mm
March-0.7°C (31°F)1.68 mm
April5.7°C (42°F)2.32 mm
May12.8°C (55°F)2.38 mm
June18.8°C (66°F)2.43 mm
July22.3°C (72°F)2.50 mm
August21.5°C (71°F)2.03 mm
September17.4°C (63°F)2.32 mm
October9.7°C (50°F)2.40 mm
November3.1°C (38°F)2.09 mm
December-2.7°C (27°F)1.79 mm

NASA POWER regional grid, 0.5° latitude × 0.625° longitude. Grid center 43.500°, -80.000°. Monthly mean air temperature is neither a nightly low nor soil temperature. Rainfall averages do not set a watering schedule. Open the climate source.

Compare nearby places

Beets around N1E

Explore the closest listed postal areas by straight-line distance between their representative coordinates. A nearby garden may still have different soil, shelter or elevation.

Nearby areas · historical January and July mean air temperature
Postal areaDistanceJanJul
Guelph NorthN1E · this area—-6.2°C22.3°C
Guelph NorthwestON N1H4.8 km-6.2°C22.3°C
Guelph CentralON N1G5.6 km-6.2°C22.3°C
Guelph WestON N1K6.9 km-6.2°C22.3°C
Guelph EastON N1L7.1 km-6.2°C22.3°C
Guelph SouthON N1C8.5 km-6.2°C22.3°C
Cambridge NortheastON N3C14.4 km-6.2°C22.3°C

Distances use GeoNames representative postal coordinates, which may be estimated; they are not driving distances. Nearby areas often share one NASA POWER grid cell, so identical climate values are expected. Differences shown here describe the climate grids, not a measured difference between individual gardens.

The growing checklist

Give beets a considered start.

Label the row and check seedling spacing as plants emerge. Follow the packet for thinning, and avoid treating a dense clump of seedlings as a finished stand.

  1. Choose a variety suited to your available space and compare its days to maturity with local seasonal guidance.
  2. Prepare the seedbed and follow the packet depth and spacing.
  3. Check the variety’s temperature guidance. Cold tolerance does not mean every seedling survives a freeze.
  4. Inspect soil moisture and drainage in the actual bed. Regional rainfall averages cannot tell you whether roots need water today.

Read University of Minnesota Extension vegetable guidance. Its crop-care principles are useful here; its Minnesota planting dates are not applied to Ontario.

One small next step

Make a date to check your garden.

Choose your own reminder date after checking local advice. This is a personal planning prompt, not a calculated planting recommendation.

An .ics file works with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar and Outlook. Your chosen date stays in your browser until you download it.

What this postal area includes

Guelph North.

A Canadian forward sortation area is the first three characters of a postal code. It can cover several communities, especially outside cities. The representative coordinates may be estimated. Nearby gardens can differ in elevation, shelter, slope and soil.

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