Chénopodiacées • Beta vulgaris

Mixed Beetroot - Organic

"A palette of colors on the plate, a festival of shapes in the garden, a celebration of living diversity."

$4.49

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Composed of traditional varieties from Europe , this mixed beetroot offers a true kaleidoscope of colors, textures, and flavors . Each root reveals its personality: garnet red, sunny yellow, pale pink, or even streaked with white and purple , for a vegetable garden that surprises with every harvest.

This mixture embodies the richness of life : it values ​​genetic diversity , stimulates the wonder of the gardener , and opens the doors to creative and colorful culinary experiences .

Easy to grow, mixed beetroot is robust, hardy, and productive . It thrives in light, loose, well-amended soils and adapts perfectly to most climates. It can be sown directly in the ground from spring onwards , for a gradual harvest from early summer until autumn.

Its steady growth and natural disease resistance make it an ideal crop for organic gardens . As an added bonus, its edible leaves provide extra nutrition, and its presence contributes to soil balance and local biodiversity .

  • Growing climate: Cool to temperate climate
  • Sowing difficulty level: Easy
  • Care required: Occasional

Note: Prefers moist but not excessively moist soil and a sunny to partially shaded location.

Multicolored roots lend themselves to a wide variety of preparations: grated raw in salads to retain their crunch and vibrancy, roasted in the oven to bring out their natural sugars, or even puréed, in soups and pickles. Some varieties are well-suited to lacto-fermentation.

The young leaves, tender and rich in nutrients, can be sautéed, added to soups, or prepared like spinach. A staple of winter preserves, this versatile crop is firmly rooted in the culinary tradition of preserving food.

Mixed Beetroot - Organic

$4.49

$4.49

écoumene seeding advice

Seeding type

Outdoor seeding

Germination time

5-7 jours

Germination temperature

21° to 27° Celsius

Sowing depth

Sow seeds at a depth of 1 cm

Transplantation

Transplantation not recommended

Technical

Row sowing

Growing conditions

Number of days to maturity

Harvest at ± 55 days

Hardiness zone

Zone-3b

Distance between rows

15 cm

Optimal brightness

Sun plant

Soil texture

Loose (silty) soil

Soil moisture

Cool, well-drained soil

Soil fertility

Plant demanding in bacteria-dominant compost

optimal soil pH

Slightly alkaline pH

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