Description
A Rainbow of Heirloom Beets — Beautiful on the Plate & in the Garden
Forget everything you thought you knew about beets. The Botanical Interests Beet Gourmet Blend is a curated collection of heirloom varieties that turns the humble beet into a culinary showpiece — deep crimson, golden yellow, candy-striped Chioggia, and more, each with its own distinct flavor, color, and character. This is the blend that makes roasted beet salads look like fine dining and farmers market displays stop shoppers in their tracks. Botanical Interests brings you this extraordinary collection as a USDA Certified Organic blend.
Beets (Beta vulgaris) are one of the most rewarding vegetables you can grow — fast, productive, and useful from root to leaf. Every part of the plant is edible: the sweet, earthy roots for roasting, pickling, and juicing, and the tender young greens for salads and sautés.
Why You'll Love It
- Stunning heirloom variety mix — deep red, golden, and candy-striped Chioggia beets for a visually spectacular harvest
- Root to leaf edibility — harvest roots for cooking and young greens as a nutritious salad or sauté green
- USDA Certified Organic — grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers
- Non-GMO & open-pollinated — save seeds year after year
- Fast-maturing — baby beets ready in as little as 50 days; full roots in 55–70 days depending on variety
- Cool-season crop — thrives in spring and fall; light frost actually sweetens the roots
Growing Tips
Direct sow outdoors 4–6 weeks before the last frost in spring, or in late summer for a fall harvest. Beet "seeds" are actually clusters of 2–3 seeds — sow ½ inch deep and 1–2 inches apart, then thin to 3–4 inches once seedlings emerge (thinnings are delicious in salads). Beets prefer loose, well-drained soil free of rocks, which can cause forked roots. Water consistently to prevent woody or cracked roots. Harvest baby beets at golf-ball size for the most tender texture, or allow to reach full size. Succession sow every 3 weeks for a continuous harvest. A light frost before harvest concentrates sugars for sweeter roots.
Packaged by Botanical Interests — a trusted name in heirloom and organic seeds since 1995.
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