A flat rooted heritage variety producing smooth skinned taproots with tender, deep red flesh with an excellent flavour. Perfect for early and successional sowings for a prolonged cropping period
Growing Information
Height
0.1-0.5 Metres
Spread
0.1-0.5 Metres
Care Guide
Cultivation
Grow in fertile, well drained, alkaline soil in full sun. Dig over bed in autumn and add well rotted manure if humus content is low. Sow direct between March and July into drills 2.5cm deep and lighly rake over with soil. Thin out seedlings to 10cm spacings. See beetroot cultivation for more information
Pruning
No pruning required. Harvest roots when they are more than 5cm in diameter
Propagation
Propagate by seed sown in spring or successionally through early summer
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Pests
May be susceptible to aphids, flea beetles and mangold fly (beet leaf miner)
Diseases
May be susceptible to beetroot heart rot, black leg and leaf spot