Beetroot Detroit Dark Red

Description

Beetroot Detroit Dark Red

Beetroot ‘Detroit Dark Red’ – A classic heirloom variety producing deep red, globe shaped roots with a rich, sweet flavour. Gardeners and cooks love it for its consistent production, flexibility in the kitchen. Direct sow the seeds into fertile, well-draining soil after your last expected frost date about 1 inch deep and space them at intervals of 2-3 inches in rows that should be up to a foot apart. To grow in a full sun site. Throughout the growing season, maintain an even moisture in the soil without saturating it. Harvest baby beets in around 7 to 8 weeks, and mature roots in about 10-12 weeks. ‘Grow Detroit Dark Red’ beets are perfect fresh in salads, roasted, pickled or cooked and the super nutritious beet greens can also replace swiss chard! If this is well done throughout its entire handling, the beet will reward you with a successful gardening journey.

Cultivation advice For 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.