Fothergill's Beetroot Detroit 2 Seeds

Details: Botanical Name: Beta vulgaris 'Detroit 2', a premium, highly refined globe cultivar within the Beetroot family. Plant Class: Hardy Annual, establishing with excellent vigor from early spring onwards to ensure a prolonged harvesting window from summer through to late autumn. Delicious & Versatile Harvests: Yields beautifully smooth, round, deep red roots with a rich, sweet, and earthy flavor. The flesh retains its tender texture and vibrant color beautifully whether boiled, roasted, pickled, or grated raw into summer slaws. Dual-Purpose Edible Crop: A highly rewarding dual-crop variety; the young, tender, red-veined green leaves can be snipped early and used exactly like spinach as a highly nutritious addition to fresh salads. Clump-Forming Framework: Naturally forms a neat, upright, and clump-forming framework reaching a highly controlled height and spread of 30cm (12in). Its tidy growth habit makes it equally suited for traditional vegetable plots, raised allotment beds, or deep patio containers. Nutritional Powerhouse: Packed with beneficial nutrients, antioxidants, and dietary fiber, making it a highly rewarding, health-boosting staple for any home grower. Optimal Position: Thrives at its absolute best when positioned in Full Sun, enjoying a fertile, well-drained, and stone-free soil. Care Instructions: Sowing Position: For a steady, continuous supply of sweet beets all season long, sow small batches of seeds every 2 to 3 weeks from March through to July. Sow seeds thinly directly into finely raked, weed-free soil 2cm deep, in rows spaced 30cm apart. Position in full sun. Thinning Out: Beetroot seeds are actually small clusters that naturally produce multiple seedlings. Once the young shoots emerge, thin them out gradually to space the final plants roughly 10cm apart. Use the early thinnings directly in the salad bowl so nothing goes to waste. Moisture & Maintenance: Keep the soil consistently and evenly moist. Water regularly and deeply during dry summer spells—uneven or inadequate watering causes the roots to become woody, tough, and prone to splitting. Keep the surrounding area free from weeds. Flexible Harvesting Tip: Pull alternative roots early, about 10–12 weeks after sowing, when they reach the size of a golf ball to enjoy as ultra-tender baby beets. Leave the remaining plants to mature into full-sized, heavy globe beets for roasting or autumn pickling.