Detroit Dark Red Beet Seeds

Detroit Dark Red Beet Seeds
Detroit Dark Red Beet Seeds
Detroit Dark Red Beet Seeds

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Key Characteristics
Days To Maturity

60

Mature Height in Inches

12 IN

Sun / Shade

Full Sun

Description / Detroit Dark Red Beet Seeds

Days to Maturity: 60

For a versatile, all-around superb beet for eating fresh or canning, it's hard to top Detroit Dark Red Short Top. Ever since its 1892 introduction, this versatile variety has been delighting gardeners and cooks!

Whether you like baby beets harvested at their most succulent or full-bodied mature globes, Detroit Dark Red satisfies. It sprouts reliably even in cold spring weather, yet also holds beautifully in the heat. From its lush above-ground greens to its oxblood-red roots, this is a nutritious and delicious vegetable.

These mid-sized (up to 3 inches in diameter) roots are tender and sweet, with a smooth, round shape and fine-grained texture. The tops reach about a foot high, and make excellent greens—cut them sparingly as they grow, and you will always have a handful ready for the evening meal.

Beets are a cool-weather crop, direct-sown in fall or as soon as soil can be worked in spring. Before planting, make sure that the soil is as loose, rich, and well drained as possible, so that the root can grow without stress.

Product Details

SKU 05048
Genus Beta
Species vulgaris
Variety Detroit Dark Red
Product Classification Seeds, Vegetables
Sun / Shade Full Sun
Mature Height in Inches 12.00
Moisture Level Moist, well-drained
Soil Type Normal, loamy
Days To Maturity 60.00
Harvest Season Early Summer, Late Spring
Resistance Cold Hardy, Heat Tolerant
Characteristics Cool Season, Edible
Uses Beds, Cuisine, Foliage Interest, Outdoor

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  1. Jenny

    Great tasting beet! 1 people found this helpful

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    Good germination in spring, ok germination in summer. These beets are delicious! I also planted the Touchstone Gold beets and my whole family preferred the taste of these. They were sweeter.
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  2. Jenny

    Great Beets 0 people found this helpful

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    Great germination rate and good tasting beet. I used to not like beets but after making them fresh from the garden, I’m hooked and planting a fall crop!
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  3. shantinik

    Always works 0 people found this helpful

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    Just stick the seeds in loosened ground, and watch. They are, in my experience, the only dependable beet. Taste is great. You stick the seed in the ground anytime you remember. Winter, spring, summer or fall (but very early spring is best.)
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  4. Mary Jackowski

    You can't go wrong with Detroit Dark beets! 0 people found this helpful

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    I ordered these last year for the first time and we had such a bumper crop! The germination was excellent and the yield fantastic. We ate them fresh as well as canned several pints. I highly recommend them.
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