Beetroot – Detroit Dark Red

£1.09

Beetroot Detroit Dark Red . Round, well coloured tender roots with dark red, sweet flesh up to 3-4in across.  Ideal for staggered rows over a long season.  The leafy tops can also be used as a tasty spinach substitute.

  • Seed Count: 1300

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Beetroot Detroit Dark Red 

Beetroot Detroit Dark Red . Round, well coloured tender roots with dark red, sweet flesh up to 3-4in across.  Ideal for staggered rows over a long season.  The leafy tops can also be used as a tasty spinach substitute.

Beetroot Detroit Dark Red

  • Sow seeds in situ in Spring after the last frost when the ground has warmed up
  • and then plant successive sowings to early summer.
  • Thinly Sow 1cm deep in rows 30cm apart.
  • Thin seedlings to 8cm apart.
  • Early sowings can be made indoors / heated greenhouse in modules /
  • trays and planted out at 5cm tall after all risk of frost has passed.
  • Pre soaking seed in warm water 0.5 – 1 hour before sowing will speed up germination.