Beets
(Beta vulgaris)
Approx. 1,600 seeds/oz. Pkt plants 25' of row; 1 oz sows 100'. Direct sow 6-10 lbs/acre or 300 MSd. Sow seed 3/4-1" deep, 2-4" apart in rows 12-30" apart. Germ in about 8 days. Thin plants to 3" apart in the row. Days to maturity are from sowing.
Hybrids
- 55-70 days for 2-2½" bunching size, 80-85 days for 3-4" jumbos.
- Fast grower, very heat tolerant, excellent vigor, medium top.
- Forms a solid blocky root with small tap and medium crown.
- Strong solid red color inside and out. Potential for excellent yield.
- Fresh Mkt, Processing.
- 5-35 days baby leaf harvest.
- Deep green, smooth round-oval leaves with distinct red veins and dark red stems, this beetless beet has excellent appearance for spring greens and mixes.
- Upright habit helps keep leaves clean and undamaged until harvest.
- Reaches baby-leaf size very quickly, then slows down and maintains small size and quality, allowing some flexibility in timing.
- Good disease traits. Highly bolt resistant.
- Resistant PM1, Tolerant RZ.
- Baby Leaf.
- 25-35 days baby leaf harvest.
- Deep green, smooth round-oval leaves with distinct red veins and dark red stems, this beetless beet has excellent appearance for spring greens and mixes.
- Upright habit helps keep leaves clean and undamaged until harvest.
- Reaches baby-leaf size very quickly. good disease traits.
- Highly bolt resistant.
- Resistant DM.
- Baby Leaf.
- 53 days.
- Roots form smooth globe shape and deep color from very early stage.
- Dark red interior with very little zoning.
- 12-13" tops, bright glossy mid green leaves, brilliant ruby stems.
- Small, late bolting crowns, drought hardy. 10-12% sugar content.
- Tops stay erect and healthy due to high disease tolerance.
- Top appeal in bunching.
- High Tolerance CLS.
- Medium Tolerance DM, PM, RZ.
- Fresh Mkt, Baby Beets, Processing.
- 55 days.
- Solid dark red interior resists zoning even in adverse hot weather.
- Bright red stems 15-17" with dark green leaves that stay green all season.
- Roots have refined crowns, tap roots, smooth skin and high Brix.
- Small slow bolting crown.
- High 12-15% sugar content and bright attractive appearance.
- Tolerant CLS, DM, and Drought.
- Fresh Mkt, Processing.
- 53 days.
- Detroit Dark Red type, well suited to a wide range of growing areas.
- Full globe shaped red roots, uniform deep red interior color.
- Strong, graceful tops 13-15".
- Fresh Mkt, Processing.
- 60 days.
- Perfectly round shape.
- Solid deep red zoneless interior.
- Non tapering base, smooth refined crown.
- Attractive red 14" stems, green leaves.
- Very high sugar content.
- Pacemaker type, best sub when needed.
- Fresh Mkt, Processing.
Open Pollinated
- 50 days.
- AAS Winner 2015.
- Creamy white, very sweet, mild roots with bright white interior rings and no tinge of red.
- Has advantage of not staining.
- Nationwide trials reported very uniform round roots, avg 3" diam, about 9oz, with restricted tap root.
- Excellent eating quality raw or cooked, with no trace of bitter or earthy aftertaste.
- Plant grows 10"-24" tall, depending on timing of harvests, spreading about 6".
- Foliage is rich green with light green veins and stems, nice for beet greens.
- 55 days.
- Sweet fine textured deep golden roots.
- Non-staining juice.
- Good eating tops, light green with pale golden ribs.
- Colorful salad, roots and tops.
- 60 days.
- Italian heirloom.
- Sometimes called candy stripe or bulls eye beet because of its alternating red & white concentric rings.
- Round, sweet root is 3".
- It turns a pretty pale pink when cooked.
- Mild flavored 12" greens may be eaten raw or cooked.
- 55 days.
- Long shape, more equal slices per root.
- Dark red quality roots 5" x 1½".
- Fresh Mkt.
- 60 days.
- Well known bunching variety.
- Deep red globe-shaped roots are uniform and very smooth.
- Bunching, Fresh Mkt, Processing.
- 50-60 days.
- Produces good yields of large, round orange roots.
- Beets turn golden-yellow when cooked and do not bleed.
- Roots retain their sweet flavor when cooked.
- Green leaves with yellow stems are very tender and mild.
- Also excellent for pickles.
- 59 days.
- Refined Detroit type.
- Dark red interior, very light zoning.
- Smooth globe shape, small smooth crowns.
- Dark matte green leaf on 14-16" tops.
- High tolerant to bolting and very high yield potential.
- Tolerant CLS.
- Medium Tolerant DM.
- Bunching, Fresh Mkt.
- 52 days.
- Early, sweet roots; high quality tops.
- Bunching.
- Fresh Mkt.
- 60 days.
- Bright ornamental edible blend of colored beet roots.
- Includes roots that are white w' white stem, golden w' golden stem, ringed red/white with rose tinted stem, ringed rose/carmine with red stem & purple foliage, as well as the traditional deep beet red, with deep purple stem & foliage.
- Delicious sweet roots.
- Stem & leaf can be used as greens like chard.
- Fresh Mkt, Edible Ornamental, Container Sales.
- 60-65 days.
- Solid vibrant yellow interior with orange-scarlet exterior and light green foliage.
- Highly bolt resistant.
- Smooth high quality globe shaped roots.
- Sweet & neat.
- Fresh Mkt, Specialty, Bunching, Multi-pak.
