Description
Beta vulgaris
It’s vegetables like these that make you marvel at the wonders of this world.
The colors in this heirloom mix will have you donning your 80s gear and pumpin up the boombox--they're THAT neon! The most gorgeous combinations of red, pink, yellow, orange and white make eating your greens a hypercolor adventure. Keeps on cranking through the entire year. 28 days for baby leaves, 55 days for full leaves.
Directions: Start indoors in early spring and transplant out in late spring, or direct seed late spring-early summer. Sow 1/4" deep and transplant or thin to 12" apart. Use row cover to guard against leaf miners.
Seeds grown by Rich Felton in Rawlins, Wyoming.
125 Seeds.
Directions: Direct seed in spring. Thin to 4" spacing, with 16" between rows. Plant closer for baby leaves, 28 days to maturity.
|
Planting Depth |
Seed Spacing |
Days to Germination |
Days to Maturity |
|
½” |
2” |
5-10 |
55 |