Beetroot - Detroit Dark Red
Beetroot is an easy, quintessential kiwi vegetable to grow, ideal for both first-time and experienced gardeners.
Tui Beetroot Seed - Detroit Dark Red offers high yields of deep red beets with sweet and tender roots.
- Sow: Spring - Autumn
- Germination: 7-14 days
- Harvest: 9-11 weeks
Contains 200 seeds.
Benefits
- Deep red globe shaped beets.
- High yielding variety.
- Sweet and tender roots.
- Recyclable paper envelope.
Directions for use
Sowing direct
- Before planting work the soil until fine and crumbly.
- Dig in a layer of Tui Seed Raising Mix.
- Sow seeds direct into garden bed 15mm deep and 2cm apart.
- Thin out plants as they mature.
- Keep well watered.
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Tui Seed Raising Mix
Nurturing your plant from a tiny seed to a delicious crop of veges, or a stunning floral display, provides satisfaction second to none for gardeners! To make sure your seed raising endeavours end in success start with Tui Seed Raising Mix. This light, free draining mix is specially blended to provide ideal conditions for germinating seeds and seedling establishment. Gypsum ensures strong, healthy root growth and seaweed improves root development and overall plant health.
Use in seed raising trays, your garden, containers and pots to provide your seeds with the ultimate growing conditions.
This bag is recyclable through the soft plastics recycling scheme, it just needs to be clean and dry. Learn how to clean and dry your Tui growing media bags here.
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