About Detroit Dark Red

55–60 days. Dependable all-around heirloom, excellent for canning, pickling, or cooking. Pleasingly round 3” roots with red interiors taste sweet. Plants tolerate heat.

About Beets

Harvest the leaves early for greens, fresh or sauteed, or later for the roots. 35 days for baby greens.

Pot Size & Price
seed packets
$3.00
Sunlight Exposure
Full Sun Partial Sun
Catalog
V017
Plant Traits
Culinary
Organic

Other varieties of Beets

Bull's Blood beets, dark purple-red
Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Bull's Blood

Catalog
V018
Gourmet beet blend showing beets in dark red, red, gold and white
Photo from Park Seed

Gourmet Blend

Catalog
V019
Beta Touchstone, orange beets with yellow insides
Photo from High Mowing Organic Seeds

Touchstone Gold

Catalog
V020b