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Beet, Golden Detroit Seeds
Beta vulgaris
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Experience the rich flavor and vibrant color of our Golden Detroit Beet Seeds.
Golden Detroit Beets are sweet and tender with round, orange roots and golden flesh. This variety will stay golden yellow when cooked and won't bleed. Tops are deep, glossy green. Roots grow fast, but retain their sweet flavor even when quite large. Excellent for pickles.
Enjoy the health benefits of this nutritious and versatile vegetable in your home garden. A must-have for any gardening enthusiast or health-conscious individual.
- SKU: 143688
- Common Name: Beet
- Botanical Name: Beta vulgaris
Growing Information
Safe
for Bees
Grows
Best In:
Full Sun
Days to
Germination:
10 - 12 days
Water
Needs:
Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2 in.) per week
Days to
Maturity:
50 - 60 days
Best
Container Size:
30 cm+ (12 in.+)
Key Features
- Plant Type: Vegetable
- Plant Lifecycle: Annual (plant every year)
- Seed Type: Heirloom
- Fill Weight (grams): 1.5 g
- Approximate Seed Count: 75-80
- Characteristics: Non bleeding | Long keeper | Slow to bolt
- Planting Method: Direct Sow
- Colour: Orange
- Water Needs: Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2 in.) per week
- Landscape Use: Edible Garden
- Growth Habit: Root
- Resistance: Cercospora leaf spot | Fusarium Wilt (Race 1)
- Tolerance: Light frost | Heat | Heavy soil
- Companion Planting:
Plant near brassicas, bush beans, cabbage, garlic, lettuce, onions, or kohlrabi but away from pole beans. Onions protect beets against borers and cutworms.
- Flavour: Sweet, tender & mild
- Preparation Ideas: Delicious eaten raw
Instructions
Beets are a cool season crop and seeds can be sown directly in the garden in early Spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Optimum soil temperature (not air temperature) should be 10-29°C (50-84°F) for seeds to germinate. Planting at a lower temperature will delay germination. Space seeds and plant to the depth indicated below. Press seeds into the soil to ensure good contact and cover with 1.3 cm (1/2 in.) of soil. After planting, water the seeds with a gentle mist or shower. It is critical to keep the soil consistently moist, but not soggy during germination. When your seedlings reach a height of a few centimetres (inches) and have developed 2 or 3 pairs of leaves, it is important to thin them out, according to the plant spacing indicated below. Do not allow the soil to become dry, as young plants have underdeveloped roots and can quickly dehydrate, particularly in windy conditions.
- Planting Depth: 1.3 cm (1/2in.)
- Seed Spacing: Sow beets seeds roughly 2.5 cm (1 in.) apart in rows, keeping rows approximately 30 cm (12 in.) apart.
- Plant Spacing: 8 cm (3 in.)
- Instructions for Nutrient Care: Apply SUPERThrive once per week. Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.
Suggestions
Growing Suggestions:
- Seeds not germinating? Beet seeds usually won’t germinate if the soil is too hot.
- Beets grow quickly and more seeds can be succession planted every 2 to 3 weeks until mid July for a continuous supply of beets.
- You can begin harvesting beets at any time. Tiny beets can be eaten as microgreens. Golf ball-sized beets are more tender, or full-size beets are great for turning into pickled beets
- To prevent beet bleeding, it is best to remove the skin after cooking.
- The skin on beets is easiest removed after beets are roasted, steamed or boiled. Once cool enough to handle, the skin is easily removed with a paper towel.
- Beets become woody when left too long in-ground
- Beets should be harvested before a hard frost.
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Overall rating: 4.0 / 5 from 12 reviews.
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Golden Detroit Beets
"Excited for 2025 planting"
Golden beets are delicious
"I plant golden Detroits every spring because they grow well in Winnipeg zone 3. They are sweet and non-woody and the beet tops(greens) are excellent."
Good
"good product"
Wow, vraiment un bon produit.
"Wow, vraiment un bon produit. Merci 🙂"
Seeds just sprouting and coming
"Seeds just sprouting and coming through the soil. These are wonderful tasting beets and can't wait to cook some. They make lovely pickled beets and also beet salad. No staining. Love them Tops not nice for cooking though Only get one veggie instead of 2 as with the red beets. But that's okay. The taste makes up for that."
Never got my order
"Horrible service. My order got "lost" and instead of communicating that to me, waited until I reached out to them almost a MONTH later. I ultimately canceled and got a refund. Won't ever order from McKenzie again."
Not Golden
"Harvested my beets this season to find out none of the beets that I planted from this seed pack are golden. They are instead the dark purple variety. Very disappointed. Seeds grew well though so hence the 2 star."
Delicious non-bleeding
"I was very happy with the taste and ease of these beets. Am buying again."
But this!
"Tons of seeds and growing well. Nothing to eat yet but can’t wait."
