Beta vulgaris var crassa
InformationThis vege tastes horrid out of a tin, or a bottle, but in an episode of River Cottage Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall convinced me that they taste good fresh so I'm giving it a try.
PlantRoot vegetable, therefore sow direct
Germination 10-15 days
Harvest 50-60 days
VarietiesKings Seeds Albino Bulls Blood Burpees Golden Globe Chioggia Red/White Crosbys Egyptian Flat Cylindra Detroit Dark Red
Yates Baby Beets Koanga Gardens Cylindrical Golden BX Manglebeet
Egmont Seeds Action F1 Hybrid Bonny Baby F1 Hybrid Bulls Blood Cylindra Detroit Golden
My Experiments 2011 | Variety | Sowed | Germinated | Planted-Out | Expected Harvest | Harvest | | Chiggia Red/White | 13 Jan 2011 | 22 Jan 2011 | | 4 March 2011 | |
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