Detroit Dark Red Beet - Seeds
$4.20
Latin name: Beta vulgaris crassa
The 'Detroit Dark Red' is an heirloom beet variety known for its versatility. Produces a round, dark red, sweet, tender and fine-grained root.
Delicious raw and cooked. Fantastic grated in salads, cooked, in marinades and canned.
You can harvest its delicious foliage throughout the growing season, to use in salads or cook (like spinach).
Good companion for beans, cabbage and lettuce. However, avoid sowing near pole (climbing) beans.
±150 seeds
Sowing: Sow direct in early spring, 2-3 weeks before the last frost, or at the end of summer, as seeds germinate best in cool temperatures
Seed depth: 1.5 cm
Germination time: 10-12 days at 21 - 27°C
Soil: Airy, rich
Location: Sun
Distance between plants: 4 cm then 8 cm
Distance between rows: 30 to 50 cm
Maturity: 50-60 days
