Red Beetroot 'Crapaudine' (Beta vulgaris) seeds

This gourmet variety is one of the oldest beet varieties and already known since the 17th century. The roots are irregularly shaed and very substantial.
Contents: Approx. 100 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

€2.79

Content: 100 Single seed

Product number: BET06 GTIN: 4250601200842

Description

Red Crapaudine is known from as early as the 17th century and highly appreciated in gourmet cooking for its excellent taste, e.g. in salads. This variety has a lot of violet juice which is tasty and healthy. The whole root is especially rich in minerals and vitamins and in tradional medicine it is used for its hemopoietic properties.

Lifecycle	Biennial
Species	Amaranthaceae
Flower colour	Green, Red
Flowering months	June, May
Main harvest	August, July, November, October, September
Root system	Deep roots, Taproot

When to sow outdoors	April, July, June, May
Sowing depth	2 cm
Germination temperature	18-24° C
Sunlight	Full sun
Planting distance	10 cm
Row spacing	30 cm
Bad companion plants	Chard, Guter Heinrich, Maize, Orache, Potatoes, Spinach, Tomatoes

Sowing and care

Plant seed clusters in april to may 1 inch deep and 1 inch apart with rows 1.5 feet apart in part shade. Germinating time is 2 weeks at 10-20 Celsius. Beets do well in loose, well-worked soil, that is not acidic with some sand and some clay.You can harvest them august to october, so it takes about 60 days for a beet to reach about 1.5 inches in diameter. Tip: Twist leaves off of harvested beets rather than cutting them in order to minimize 'bleeding'.

picture source: Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie, 1904. Les plantes potagères. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Other names

Botanical name: Beta vulgaris

German: Bete, Beete, Rübe, Rande, Rahner, Rauna, Rana, Rahne, Rohne, Rone, Ronen, Randig

English: Beetroot, Beet, Table beet, Garden beet

French: Betterave

Italian: Barbabietola, Bietola

Spanish: Remolacha, Beterrada, Betarraga, Betabel, Beteraba, Betarava

Manufacturer information: Magic Garden Seeds GmbH | Junkersstraße 7 | 93055 Regensburg, Germany | service@magicgardenseeds.com | https://www.magicgardenseeds.com

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