Same classic flavor, non-GMO Detroit White beet seeds grow a clean, stainless alternative to traditional messy old-world garden beets. Widely known as \’sugar beets\’ for their exclusive sugar content, heirloom Detroit White beet garden seeds are popularly grown for its improved sweetness, which can be a diverse culinary treat pressed, cooked, and cooled into simple syrups or pickled for a prolonged sweet crunch throughout the long growing season.

Heirloom
Non-GMO
Open Pollinated
American grown seeds
55-60 days
USDA Zones 2-12

Growing Instructions:
Soften the seeds by soaking them in water for 2 hours, then plant in full sun and well drained soil 4 weeks before the last expected frost OR midsummer for a fall harvest. Sow them 1 deep and 1 apart in rows 1-2 apart. Tamp down the earth above the seeds to ensure good contact with the soil and germination should take place in 5-15 days. Add compost or other organic matter for healthy growth. For companion planting, plant beets with bush beans, onions, or members of the cabbage family, but avoid planting near pole beans. Since each beet seed holds up to 8 actual seeds, the seedlings will need to be thinned to 3 apart. Take care not to bruise the seedlings when thinning. They love cool weather, and can survive in temperatures down to 25 F.

When harvesting, beets have the best taste and tenderness when they are harvested between 1-3 in diameter. After pulling them, twist off the tops about 1 up the stem to prevent the beets from bleeding. In order to preserve the coloring of Chioggia beets, process them whole and slice right before serving. The beet tops which are similar to spinach matures in roughly 40 days. Roughly of the tops can be harvested without damaging the plant.

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