Beetroot
Beetroot - Easy crop that can be grown all year round in southern regions. It adapts well to temperate climates that have good light and humidity. It is best to avoid sowing during the height of summer. A demanding crop, so compost must be incorporated prior to sowing / transplanting. Its leaves are edible like those of chard.
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Beetroot 'Bola Vermelha 2'
Price £1.27Very nutritious variety with early maturation and good flavour. Round, with a smooth, firm skin and uniformly coloured dark red flesh. Do not plant near spinach or chard. Beets may be planted in the same spot every 3-4 years. Young beets can be eaten raw. Great to be tasted in salads.
Content: 3g
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Beetroot 'D'Egypte'
Price £1.27Flatround variety early maturing beetroot with smooth skinned and deep red, tender and flavoursome roots. Stores well after harvest. Usually sown directly in the soil, needs subsequent thinning. Young thinning’s may be transplanted, and older thinning’s can serve as leaf vegetable. It is particularly good when eaten raw, for instance when grated in salads. Beetroot leaves are lovely in a salad or cooked. Use as you would spinach.
Content 3g
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Beetroot 'Detroit Globe'
Price £1.27Classic globe-rooted beetroot variety producing smooth skinned roots of dark red colour. It is high yielding, grows well in all kinds of soils and does well in containers. Recommended as a good cultivar to use for succession sowings. Harvested young, no bigger than a golf ball, they are perfect to eat pickled, roasted, or raw and grated in salads. Young leaves are excellent in salads and can be blanched like spinach when older.
Content 2g
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Beetroot 'Tonda Di Chioggia'
Price £1.27Beetroot with red white circles on the inside. An old variety from Italy with a very good sweet flavour and a good performance in different climates. Ideal for eating raw or cooking, the leaves are also edible and can be eaten raw or like spinach.
Content 3g