Dark red-purple leaves for salad mix, colour is increased with age, remarkable flavour, striking zoned root. Use as baby beet or full size. 35 days till leaf, 58 days for root.
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Beetroot
Beta vulgaris
High nutrition and vitamin content, tops are rich source of vitamin C, eat in salads or soups. Native of northern Africa and western Mediterranean, ancient Greeks used leaves only. Beetroot can be steamed with other vegies or grated raw as well as boiled and pickled for salads. Best results in soil with pH over 6 and if always kept moist. Can sow indoors and transplant. Thin to 30-50mm, young thinnings may be transplanted older thinnings as leaf vegetable, sow after frost. Roots store well after harvest. Sow spring to autumn, anytime in mild climates.
50-90 seeds per gram
Beetroot planting information:
| Tropics: | All Year |
| Subtropic: | All Year |
| Mild: | Jul-Apr |
| Cold/Frost: | Sep-Apr |
| Plant space cm: | 5-10 |
| Row space cm: | 45-60 |
| Depth cm: | 2 |
| Best soil temp: | 8-30 °C |
| Sow after frost: | Yes |
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| Number of seeds per gram: | 50-90 |
| Rate per hectare: | 7-9kg |
| Average days to maturity: | 55-70 |
