
Description
The deep, dark red, globe-shaped roots have crispy, sweet, and tender flesh.
First introduced by Ferry-Morse, this beet variety is ideal for home canning and pickling!
This organic variety is renowned for its nutrition-packed roots and short 60-day growth cycle.
- Color: Red
- Fill Weight (grams): 5.3 g
- Approximate Seed Count: 200 - 230
- Flavor: Incredibly sweet taste for beets.
- Preparation Ideas: Eat it fresh, can it, or even pickle it.
- Plant Type: Vegetable
- Plant Lifecycle: Annual
- Landscape Use: Edible Garden
- Growth Type: Root
- Tolerance: Heat|Humidity
- Growing Season(s): Spring|Summer|Fall
- Harvest/Bloom Season(s): Summer|Fall
- Package Dimensions: 3.25 x 4.5"
Sowing Info
Sow outdoors. Performs best in full sun and well drained soil. Scatter seeds in a row. After germination, thin to 1 1/2 inches apart. When 4 inches high, thin to 3 inches apart. Rosebud sized thinning are delicious cooked whole. Harvest mature beets when they are 3 inches in diameter.
- Planting Depth: 1"
- Seed Spacing: Plant your Detroit Dark Red Beet seeds roughly 4" apart in rows keeping rows approximately 18" apart.
- Nutrient Care Instructions: Apply SUPERthrive once per week. Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.
Description
The deep, dark red, globe-shaped roots have crispy, sweet, and tender flesh.
First introduced by Ferry-Morse, this beet variety is ideal for home canning and pickling!
This organic variety is renowned for its nutrition-packed roots and short 60-day growth cycle.
- Color: Red
- Fill Weight (grams): 5.3 g
- Approximate Seed Count: 200 - 230
- Flavor: Incredibly sweet taste for beets.
- Preparation Ideas: Eat it fresh, can it, or even pickle it.
- Plant Type: Vegetable
- Plant Lifecycle: Annual
- Landscape Use: Edible Garden
- Growth Type: Root
- Tolerance: Heat|Humidity
- Growing Season(s): Spring|Summer|Fall
- Harvest/Bloom Season(s): Summer|Fall
- Package Dimensions: 3.25 x 4.5"
Sowing Info
Sow outdoors. Performs best in full sun and well drained soil. Scatter seeds in a row. After germination, thin to 1 1/2 inches apart. When 4 inches high, thin to 3 inches apart. Rosebud sized thinning are delicious cooked whole. Harvest mature beets when they are 3 inches in diameter.
- Planting Depth: 1"
- Seed Spacing: Plant your Detroit Dark Red Beet seeds roughly 4" apart in rows keeping rows approximately 18" apart.
- Nutrient Care Instructions: Apply SUPERthrive once per week. Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.