Beetroot seedlings in modules - thin them out or not?

[Snoop Puss]

I sowed some Burpee's Golden and Crosby's Egyptian beetroot in modules (never have much luck sown direct) on 25 March. Quite a lot have germinated and I'm now at the point of wondering about whether I ought to thin them out. I've looked online and some people say just plant the whole module out and thin them as you use them, leaving one to grow on. Others say thin them before planting out.

What do you do? If you plant the whole lot out, what kind of spacing do you use and is there a desirable maximum number per 'clump' in your view?

[Small pumpkin]

I sow my beetroot in modules as well. Once germinated and first true leaves are just starting to show, I prick out into individual modules. That gives them more space and me and the weather more time to sort ourselves out ( the weather hasn't read that memo yet !! ).

[Bren In Pots]

I've tried leaving them in clumps and I ended up with very small beets so now I pinch the tops of those not wanted. I would pot them on instead but I don't have that much space in my garden.

[Small pumpkin]

Do you have your pinched out tops in your salad Bren?
I've been doing that with lots of things that I've got carried away with sowing.
I'll be having some micro beetroot (spare seedling tops ) in my pork wraps this evening.

[fishpond]

1st year I have tried this but so far so good.
Sow in modules 6 seeds to a module plant out into manure with soil underneath.
Planted out some more today---Boltardy.
Early days but looking good.

[Snoop Puss]

How small was small, Bren? Marbles? Ping pong balls?

[roitelet]

I leave them in clumps of about 4-5. Let them grow and as the largest are big enough to eat as baby beets pull those and leave the others to grow on. I've had some huge beets this way.

[Bren In Pots]

Do you have your pinched out tops in your salad Bren?
I've been doing that with lots of things that I've got carried away with sowing.
I'll be having some micro beetroot (spare seedling tops ) in my pork wraps this evening.

I eat nearly all the seedling I pinch out, even started to just sow celery for micro-greens instead of planting them out to me they taste better.

How small was small, Bren? Marbles? Ping pong balls?

Marble sized Snoop

[Snoop Puss]

Thanks roitelet and Bren.

How far apart do you plant out the clumps, roitelet?

The Crosby's Egyptians don't seem to have germinated as well as the Burpee's Golden, so I'll experiment with the BGs, some as clumps and some as individuals and see what happens.