Red Beetroot Crapaudine (Beta vulgaris) seeds

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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

1.006,16 Ft

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SKU: BET06

GTIN: 4250601200842

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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.

Plant description

Species:	Amaranthaceae
Root system:	Taproot Deep roots
Flower colour:	Green Red
Lifecycle:	Biennial
Flowering months:	May June

Growing advice

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

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 names:	Bete, Beete, Rübe, Rande, Rahner, Rauna, Rana, Rahne, Rohne, Rone, Ronen, Randig
French names:	Betterave
English names:	Beetroot, Beet, Table Beet, Garden Beet
Spanish names:	Remolacha, Beterrada, Betarraga, Betabel, Beteraba, Betarava
Italian names:	Barbabietola, Bietola

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