Beet, Radicle Rainbow Beet Blend (Organic)
Beta vulgaris. 55-90 days.
Grow a diverse rainbow of beets in your garden with our Radicle Rainbow Beet Blend! This radicle (and radical!) mix includes everything a person could want in beets – they’re beautiful, delicious, and nutritious! It’s a great way to sample many varieties to find your favorite, or stick with the mix to continue tasting the rainbow. Blend consists of five varieties with differing days to maturity for an extended harvest window: Chioggia (candy striped, round), Forono (dark red, cylindrical), Kamuolini 2 (darkest red, round), Lutz Green Leaf (lightest red, round/tapered), and Touchstone Gold (gold/yellow, round).
Direct sow March through early August in rows that are 1’ apart. Thin to 3” spacing once they’re 3” tall. Don’t forget to eat the greens! For us, beets can grow through the winter without protection, but must be sown by August for this purpose. This mix contains diverse seed sizes, plan accordingly if you use a mechanical seeder.
Seed Saving
Collect seeds from 20+ plants in second year once seeds have dried down, usually by September. Cut seed heads, place on tarps, dry a few more days, then dance on the dry plants to free seed. Collect seeds from pile, winnow to clean. Isolate from other beets and chard by 1 mile.
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