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Beetroot 'Detroit'
- Easy to Grow
- Edible Crop
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Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
A traditional variety for organic growers which is a healthy, quick-growing crimson beetroot, with sweet flavour and perfect, round globe shaped roots
- Easy to Grow
- Edible Crop
Product details
- Type
- Edible Crop
- Position
- Kitchen Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Height
- 30cm (12in)
- Common name
- Beetroit
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Spread
- 15cm (6in)
- Cultivation
- Soak seed in warm water for half an hour before sowing. Sow into gutters from March or direct sow every 3-4 weeks from early April-July. Sow thinly in rows with a row gap of 30cm (12in), or sow in blocks. Thin to 5-6cm (2in).
Care Tips
Don't water unless soil is very parched, over-watering encourages leaf at the expense of root. Fantastic planted with chamomile, onions and lettuce.