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Beet, Cylindra Organic Seeds

Beta vulgaris
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Produce your own nutritious and tasty organic beets using Cylindra Seeds.

Cylindra Formanova beets produce long, dark red roots. The unique roots look similar to carrots and provide more uniform slices than round beet varieties. The roots are great when used fresh, diced, canned, pickled, or frozen while the tops are great for salads.

  • SKU: 143552
  • Common Name: Beet
  • Botanical Name: Beta vulgaris
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Safe for bees
Safe
for Bees
Good for pollinators
Good For Pollinators
Grow best in
Grows
Best In:
Full Sun
Days to germination
Days to
Germination:
10 - 12 days
Water needs
Water
Needs:
Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2 in.) per week
Days to maturity
Days to
Maturity:
45- 65 days
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  • Plant Type: Vegetable
  • Plant Lifecycle: Annual (plant every year)
  • Seed Type: Heirloom
  • Fill Weight (grams): 2.5 g
  • Approximate Seed Count: 120-130
  • Characteristics: Uniform shape | Preserving variety | High yielder | Long keeper
  • Planting Method: Direct Sow
  • Colour: Red
  • Water Needs: Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2 in.) per week
  • Landscape Use: Edible Garden
  • Growth Habit: Root
  • Resistance: Downy mildew | Cercospora leaf spot | Scab
  • 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 flavor with a fine green
  • Preparation Ideas: Cylindra beets grow more uniform than other types of beets. To prevent beet bleeding, it is best to remove the skin after cooking.
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How To Grow

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.
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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: 4.785714 / 5 from 42 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Cylindra Organic Seeds offer nutritious and tasty beets with long, dark red roots ideal for fresh use, pickling, and more. Customers appreciate the beets' great taste and versatility.

Summary topics

  • Taste (22%): Many customers brought up the great taste of the beets, mentioning it multiple times in their reviews.
  • Beets (35%): Many customers loved the cylindra beets, praising their great taste and versatility for pickling.

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Review highlights

  • "I got a good crop out a single pack of seeds, I love the shape of the beet for pickles." — Debbie B.
  • "A great beet to pickle and very tasty." — Suzie C.
  • "Good quality and good value." — Tami Z.

Reviews

Beets for tops

"Have put some of these seeds in the greenhouse for their tops--so far so good! I prefer beet tops over beet roots as it really adds interest and flavour to fresh green salads and is easy to prepare. I use beet roots more in the fall when the root veggies are ready"

— Viola M. (5/5)

Best beets in my estimation.

"Best beets in my estimation. Perfect more uniform size for pickling. Taste is great."

— Elaine O. (5/5)

Great quality and value!

"Great quality and value!"

— Paul V. (5/5)

Seed look high quality

"Seed look high quality"

— Dennis M. (5/5)

Cylindra Beets

"This is my 3rd year now buying this variety from McKenzie Seeds! This variety is super easy to grow - my soil is not the most nutrient dense and these beets do amazingly. I’ve not had any issues with pests as of yet! Plus they taste great!"

— Meg R. (5/5)

Large pack size

"Good value for the large pack"

— kory l. (5/5)

Disappointed customer over policy change.

"I have been ordering from Mckenzie Seed for many years & had good service. However, your decision to cancel mail order onion sets is not a good one. People like myself cannot depend on buying them from outlets like Home Hardware."

— Reginald W. (3/5)

I have been growing cylindra

"I have been growing cylindra beets for years and they never let me down. They taste great and being that I am also a pickler they are excellent for slicing. No prob with germination."

— annamarie s. (5/5)

Beets

"Like cylinder beets, nice for slicing"

— Dorothy J. (4/5)

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"Good price fast shipping"

— Ken R. (5/5)

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