[greentig3r]

In spring, I planted all my beetroot and chard together in a square bed. The chard has been doing great after a slow start, but I still have beetroot in there that have little top growth and have never bulbed up.

I made a pretty design rather than rows and have lost track of what's what. 

Now I have some big roots poking out that look like they could be yellow cylindrical beetroot but I'm not 100%.  If it looks like beetroot and tastes like beetroot, should I just assume it is beetroot?

[Salmo]

Beetroot and chard together with perpetual spinach and sugar beet are different forms of the same plant.

Chard has thick leaf stems and does not develop a swollen root. Whatever it is it will do you no harm.

[mumofstig]

Chard roots can get quite fat like beetroot, and yes they are all the same family and all edible

[greentig3r]

Thanks for the replies, I'll report back after I cook them!

[sunshineband]

I was quite shocked at how big chard roots can get, especially the white veined ones.... vast