You won’t miss a beet with this range of colors, shapes and tastes. Fun and easy to grow. Includes a yellow, a cylindra, a chioggia, a white, and one with great greens. May include hybrids. Pickled, fried, roasted—you can’t beat this diversity in your culinary storehouse.
| Variety | Product Type | Color | Lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin | seeds | deep red | biennial grown as an annual |
| Early Wonder Tall Top | seeds | red | biennial grown as an annual |
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Early Wonder Tall Top Organic |
seeds | red | biennial grown as an annual |
| Red Ace | seeds | red | biennial grown as an annual |
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Red Ace Organic |
seeds | red | biennial grown as an annual |
| Kestrel | seeds | dark red | biennial grown as an annual |
|
3 Root Grex Organic |
seeds | multi-colored | biennial grown as an annual |
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Golden Grex Organic |
seeds | golden orange | biennial grown as an annual |
| Boldor | seeds | yellow | biennial grown as an annual |
| Chioggia | seeds | white-ringed pink | biennial grown as an annual |
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Chioggia Guardsmark Organic |
seeds | white-ringed pink | biennial grown as an annual |
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Golden Detroit Organic |
seeds | golden | biennial grown as an annual |
|
Touchstone Gold Organic |
seeds | golden | biennial grown as an annual |
| Cylindra | seeds | dark red | biennial grown as an annual |
|
Lutz Green Leaf Organic |
seeds | red | biennial grown as an annual |
| Detroit Dark Red | seeds | red | biennial grown as an annual |
| Bull’s Blood | seeds | red | biennial grown as an annual |
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Bull’s Blood Organic |
seeds | red | biennial grown as an annual |
| The Bold and the Beautiful Beet Blend | seeds | multi-colored | biennial grown as an annual |
Culture: Spring or fall, beets are hardy and easy to grow. Can be sown almost as soon as ground can be worked in spring. Minimum germination temperature 40°, optimal range 60–85°. For full-sized beets, you must thin to at least 3" apart. Early thinnings make good salad greens; baby-beet thinnings cooked with tops are a Yankee delight!
Diseases:
PM: Powdery Mildew
DM: Downy Mildew
CLS: Cercospora Leaf Spot looks like someone shot a series of small target-like circles in the foliage. Prolonged periods of rainfall and high humidity exacerbate this disease. In serious cases the spots darken and extend. Rotating crops, removing plant debris, and wider spacing to ensure adequate air circulation are preventive measures.
Scab, the same disease that afflicts potatoes, causes rough brown spots on the skin. Adequate irrigation is a preventive.
For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.
All of our seeds are non-GMO, and free of neonicotinoids and fungicides. Fedco is one of the original companies to sign the Safe Seed Pledge.
From early May through mid-December, items shipping from our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.