BEETROOT RAINBOW MIX – GROW LOADS OF DIFFERENT COLOURS AND EAT EVERY BIT! $2.30
BEETROOT RAINBOW MIX! LOTS OF COOL COLOURS NEVER SEEN IN SUPERMARKETS! EAT IT ALL THE ROOTS ARE DELICIOUS – THE LEAVES SPARK UP SALADS AND STIR FRIES!
MAKE COLOURFUL SALADS, BEETROOT CHIPS, COOKED DISHES!
BABY AND FULL GROWN BEETROOTS WITH A SUPERB FLAVOUR – IN ONLY 50 DAYS!!!
EACH SEED IS A CAPSULE THAT CONTAINS TWO TO THREE PLANTS, YOU PLANT THE WHOLE CAPSULE AND OUT THEY COME, THIN TO THE STRONGEST. THE SEEDS ARE EASY TO SEE AND HANDLE.
Grow Notes
Plant seeds in moist well drained soils during Spring, Summer and Autumn. Avoid planting in extremely hot or cold weather which can affect germination and growth. Grown in full sun.
Young seedlings will need protection from pests, pets and weather until they are established.
Sow
Sow direct at 15mm depth. Space plants at 10cm with 50cm rows. Beetroot seeds are clustered together with each cork-like fruit containing two or three seeds.
Keep soil moist but never wet or dry.
Once germinated, thin out early to avoid root disturbance. Use the first thinning as salad leaf, the next as baby beets then let the rest mature on.
Germination
5-10 days at 10-30°C
Maturity
60-65 days. Hardy Biennial but usually grown as an annual.
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