beetroot 'Golden'

golden beetroot

• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil:tolerates most
  
  An old heritage variety of beet widely grown in the 19th century for its deliciously sweet-flavoured roots. It's now popular once again as the unusual yellow flesh has the added benefit of cooking without staining everything purple like conventional beetroot! Produces a generous crop of orangey roots with a bright golden heart. Pick the leaves sparingly while the roots are developing and cook like spinach for a delicious side vegetable.
  
  
• Growing Instructions:In spring, make a shallow drill 1cm deep and sow the large, easy-to-handle seeds about 15cm apart. Cover again lightly with soil and water in. Seeds produce multiple seedlings, so thin to leave one plant to mature at each spot. Beetroot can also be grown in containers: sow direct into the compost allowing about five seeds to a 45cm pot.
  
  
• Sow: April-June
  
  
• Harvest: July onwards
  
  
• Approximate quantity: 175 seeds.