Beets are low in acid, so they require pressure canning. This recipe comes from The USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning in guide 4 page 9. You can pressure can beets whole, cubed, or sliced.

Low acid means a pH above 4.6 — raw beets have a pH of 5.3 to 6.6. Any low-acid food must be canned using procedures to control the bacteria that produces the botulism toxin, a type of food ...

Here are some questions I’ve been getting lately. I would like to can beets from my garden, but I don’t really want to pickle them. Are they safe to water bath can without adding acid? Beets may be ...

I found a beautiful geometrically molded canning jar that I decided to use for pickled beets. In this special jar I packed only the small whole beets (the other jars were filled with larger cut-up ...