Beetroot 'Golden Detroit'

Sow as soon as the soil can be worked 2cm-6cm apart and 1 cm deep. Water well. To store, keep beets in cool damp sand or sawdust.

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Golden Detroit is thought of as half hardy, so protect with a row cover whenever the temperatures drop. Ensure your soil is loamy and has a ph of between 6.5 and 7.0 as Beetroot is a weakly acidic soil to neutral soil loving plant.

Try to aim for a seed spacing of at least 5.85 inches (15.0 cm) and sow at a depth of around 0.39 inches (1.0 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 13°C / 55°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Golden Detroit about 14 days before your last frost date.

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Golden Detroit is a half hardy plant.

Open-pollinated yellow beet. Tasty. Better size, vigor, taste and disease resistance than Burpee’s Golden.
Despite its name, does not have the classic round Detroit beet shape.
Instead, more elongated like a pyramid.
No green shoulders.
CCOF-certified. ¹

While not old enough to be an heirloom, this OP variety has all heirloom ancestry.
Was created by cross-breeding the heirloom beet Red Detroit with some heirloom yellow Mangel beets, for several generations.

Golden

Detroit Golden

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