Planting Organics Crosby’s Egyptian Flat Beetroot – Organic Heirloom Seeds
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Planting Organics Crosby’s Egyptian Flat Beetroot – Organic Heirloom Seeds
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$5.00
Regular price $5.49
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Grow Beetroot Crosby's Egyptian Flat from heirloom seed in your Australian home garden. These open-pollinated, untreated seeds are supplied by Planting Organics, with practical sowing and growing information below.
Grow your own beetroot patch and enjoy the most nutrient-dense, low-calorie root vegetable around. If you are looking for a rich source of vitamin C and folate, this is the seed for you. This variety is dark red beetroot with a flat, turnip-shaped bulb. The roots grow mostly above the ground, so they can be pulled out instead of dug up
Botanical name: Beta Vulgaris
- Rich, sweet flavor
- Popular market garden variety.
- Suitable as a baby beet
- Beet greens can be steamed.
- Smooth skin and a tender, deep burgundy flesh
SEEDS VARIETY
- Open-pollinated, heirloom variety.
- No GMOs and no chemical treatment.
- Seeds per gram: 50
STORE IN A COOL DRY PLACE, THE BEST IN AN AIRTIGHT CONTAINER IN THE FRIDGE.
No shipping to WA or Tasmania due to quarantine restrictions.
For larger quantities, please send us an email for a custom quote
- Row Spacing: 50 cm
- Plant Spacing: 10 cm
- Sowing depth: 1.5 cm
- Germination Soil Temperature: 15 - 25 °C
- Germination Days: 10 - 15 days
- Days to Maturity: 55 days (can harvest from baby beet size)
- Planting Season: Spring, Summer, early Autumn
- Position: Full sun. Moist, Rich well-drained soil
- Life Cycle: Annual, Biannial
