Organic Beetroot Bulls Blood

Beetroot Bulls Blood
Beta vulgaris
Approx. 50-75 seeds per gram
Beetroot is colourful, good for us and surprisingly versatile. It is also very easy to grow.
Beetroot seed is a cluster and each one may produce 2 or 3 seedlings. Monogerm varieties have also been produced for precision drilling where no thinning is necessary.
Beetroots are usually deep red but also come in golden/orange. Our Chioggia variety is pink and white.

Bulls Blood is unusual as it is normally grown just for it’s deep crimson salad leaves that are sweet tasty and strikingly attractive. The root can also be used in the traditional way but as the leaves are harvested several times through the life of the plant the root has normally become large and woody by the time the leaves have stopped producing.

How to grow:
Sow direct into a well-prepared planting site from March until July. Make shallow drills and sprinkle the seed about 2 cm apart. Cover with fine soil.
You should allow about 30 cm between rows. Thin the seedlings to about 8-10 cm apart. Succession sow throughout the season to keep you well supplied.
You can start beetroot off in modules inside and they can be multisown. To do this put a pinch of seed in each module and plant out as a bunch.
They will grow happily together, pushing out from the centre, although the individual beets will be smaller. Harvest baby beets at the size of a golf ball and main crop ones at about tennis ball size. Any bigger and they are likely to get woody.
Pests and diseases:
Beetroot is very trouble-free and not particularly susceptible to any pests or diseases.