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Bulls Blood Beet Seeds
Delicious leaves that are magenta with roots that are sweet and juicy. This old heirloom was selected around the 1840s...Read More...
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Burpee Golden Beet Seeds
it made its debut in 1828. If you are annoyed when those pesky red beets "bleed" all over your counters then this is the beet for you. Want to w...Read More...
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Chioggia Beet Seeds
One of the prettiest slicers in the beet world, with alternating pink, white and red rings you can see where it gets the name "candystripe" beet. ...Read More...
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Cylindra Beet Seeds
Dark red, cylindrical and about 6-9"s long. This is not your typical beet as it is much longer. It almost resembles the size and shape of a small...Read More...
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Detroit Dark Red Beet Seeds
produces 3" round beets perfect for for canning or table use. This beet has a truly sweet flavor with a fine grade texture that will surely please...Read More...
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Early Wonder Beet Seeds
This is truly one of the best varieties for greens. Whereas the other great variety for greens has magenta leaves these are emerald green. Tops a...Read More...
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Red Mammoth Fodder Beet Seeds
Fodder beets are hardy, adaptable and palatable. Ideal for planting in late summer for use as a winter and spring crop. They produce an incredible...Read More...
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Ruby Queen Beet Seeds
Round red roots have a smooth buttery texture that pleases the tongue. You will surely be satisfied with the early producing beet.
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White Albino Beet Seeds
A gourmet beet that produces high yields of white beets. Great beet flavor without the red stain of normal beets. Originating in Holland this bee...Read More...
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Heirloom Beet Seeds Beta Vulgaris
| Seed Depth |
Soil Temp for Germ. |
Days to Germ |
Dist. between beet plants |
Dist. between rows |
Yield/100' row (approximate) |
| 1/2" |
55-70F |
10-20 |
3" |
2 1/2' |
1 1/2 Bushels |
Approximately. 125-160 heirloom beet seeds per 2 grams. When to Plant Beet Seeds: Heirloom beets are an annual cool-season crop, half-hardy to frost and light freezes. This being said, beet seeds may be sown as soon as the ground can be worked although you may not get maximum germination from all your seeds. Optimum soil temperature for beet seed germination is around 60 deg. F. For succession beet crop, seed plantings can be made every 2 weeks to midsummer. Heirloom beets become tough and stringy if grown in hot weather during droughts; ample water supply is essential to succulent roots. A late summer crop of beet seeds can be sown for fall harvest. Plant beets in full sun.
Soil: Heirloom beets are native to Mediterranean climates, where the soil is normally alkaline. Therefore the best beets come from soil that has been well limed. Heirloom beets prefer a soil with a pH around 6.5 Like most root crops a rich, sandy loam prepared with well-rotted manure and compost to a depth of 8 inches is perfect. The soil should be well pulverized to remove rocks and clods so that roots form correctly and quickly. All this being said beets grow well in just about any soil that insn't too acidic. Remember to use bone meal to encourage luscious fat beet root
development. Planting Beet Seeds: Presoak heirloom beet seeds overnight before planting to help them get a good, quick start. Sow seed 1/2 inch deep in rows 12-18 inches apart. The beet seed is tight ball of several tiny seeds. As many as three plants may germinate where each seed is sown, so seed should be placed sparingly. When seedlings are 4-6 inches high, thin plants to stand 1 1/2 inches apart. (Don't throw these thinnings out! Use them in a salad.) As the heirloom beets grow to about the size of a marble, pull every other one to allow larger beets to grow. It is very important to provide consistent moisture so beets do not become woody. Unless of course you are a beaver!
Some of the best varieties of heirloom beet seeds: Albina vereduna heirloom beet Seeds, Boltardy heirloom beet Seeds, Bull's Blood heirloom beet Seeds, Chiogga heirloom beet Seeds, Crosby's Egyptian heirloom beet Seeds, Cylindra heirloom beet Seeds, Crimson Globe heirloom beet Seeds, Detroit Dark Red heirloom beet Seeds, Early Wonder heirloom beet Seeds, Godlen Beet Seeds, Green Top Bunching heirloom beet Seeds, Lutz Green Leaf heirloom beet Seeds, Red Mangel heirloom beet Seeds, and Ruby Red heirloom beet Seeds.
We strive to sell the highest quality open pollinated and heirloom seeds. Our chief concern is empowering you, the customer, to be able to grow your own vegetables year after year by being able to save your seed. Not growing GMO seed or hybrid vegetable seed allows you to keep the seed your plants create and know you'll get the same vegetable every time. We value your input and comments and want to create a community of concerned citizens who care about the food they eat, the ground they grow their vegetables in, and the world in which we live. To protect your pollinators and bees, please limit or eliminate your pesticides use, they will thank you for it! Thank you again for purching such high quality heirloom seeds!
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