Beetroot Crosby's Egyptian Flat Heirloom Seeds
Grow your own beetroot patch and enjoy the most nutrient-dense, low-calorie root vegetable around. If you are looking for a rich source of vitamin C and folate, this is the seed for you. Beetroots are also a terrific, natural way to detox the liver and kidneys. This variety is dark red beetroot with a flat, turnip-shaped bulb. The roots grow mostly above the ground, so they can be pulled out instead of dug up
Botanical name: Beta Vulgaris
- Rich, sweet flavor
- Popular market garden variety.
- Suitable as a baby beet
- Beet greens can be steamed.
- Smooth skin and a tender, deep burgundy flesh
SEEDS VARIETY
- Open-pollinated, heirloom variety.
- No GMOs and no chemical treatment.
- Seeds per gram: 50
STORE IN A COOL DRY PLACE, THE BEST IN AN AIRTIGHT CONTAINER IN THE FRIDGE.
No shipping to WA or Tasmania due to quarantine restrictions.
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- Row Spacing: 50 cm
- Plant Spacing: 10 cm
- Sowing depth: 1.5 cm
- Germination Soil Temperature: 15 - 25 °C
- Germination Days: 10 - 15 days
- Days to Maturity: 55 days (can harvest from baby beet size)
- Planting Season: Spring, Summer, early Autumn
- Position: Full sun. Moist, Rich well-drained soil
- Life Cycle: Annual, Biannial
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