We show the best old and new varieties of beetroot. Seeds and seeds of these varieties can be obtained on the Internet.
At the beginning, the hobby gardener has to decide whether he will choose one of the tried and tested varieties or a variety that is one of the newer breeds. Generally speaking, the germination of the Beetroot and from May you can start planting outdoors. Depending on the variety, you can expect to bring in a rich beetroot harvest over several months. When exactly you should harvest depends, as I said, on the exact variety. It is therefore advisable to take a look at the seed bag you have bought or at our article Beetroot in portrait stop by. We still have here for the hobby gardener who wants to grow the red tuber on the balcony or terrace A tip: The special "Baby Beets" are extra small cultivars that are also good on a smaller area succeed.
A very unusual variety of beetroot, the Rainbow Mix ’, is in ours Plantura vegetable growing kit contain. This set also contains seeds for four other bute vegetables as well as all the materials that you need to use Planting the vegetable seeds need - growing pots, substrate, plant labels and a reusable one Mini greenhouse.
You can buy beetroot seeds from a specialist gardener or from us online. There are differences between the varieties in terms of size, shape, color, yield and time of ripening. Here we have put together some popular varieties for you:
Proven garden varieties:
- Egyptian flat round: well-tried variety; Cultivation since the 19th Extremely popular in the 19th century.
- Albina Verduna: ivory-colored beetroot, large fruits and very sweet; The taste is reminiscent of sugar beet.
- Avalanche: white skin and white pulp with clearly visible rings; mild taste.
- Boldor F1: very productive; Yellowish pulp and orange skin; very mild in taste and sweeter than most red-fleshed varieties.
- Boro F1: high yield and long storage; very robust, round, fresh beetroot in dark red color.
- Chioggia: colored inner rings in white and red; especially nice in salads.
- Crapaudine: well suited for inserting; lush, pointed and long tubers; white-red inner rings.
- Rainbow: great mix of different varieties in one seed bag; Recommended for a colorful bed.
- Red ball: spherical beetroot with deep red and very tender meat; good yield and long storage.
Varieties for the terrace or balcony:
- Monalisa: wonderful taste; very early ripe.
- Monika: beautiful, rounded turnips with red meat; no separation necessary.
- Pablo: dainty, rounded turnips; juicy, red pulp; very early ripe.
Other varieties of beetroot
- Cylindra: half-long beets with a cylindrical shape and deep red flesh. Usually no curling noticeable; particularly productive and versatile.
- Detroit 2: spherical, low-nitrate and good storage type; Beet Detroit 2 has deep red flesh.
- Egitto Migliorata: Italian early ripening variety with smaller beets. The shape is round-flat with a red-violet pulp. In Italy, Egitto Migliorata is particularly valued for its mild and good taste.
- Formanova: long beets in a cylindrical shape with dark red, ringless pulp; Red-leaved variety that forms the main part of the beet above ground.
- Forono: long, cylindrical beets with red flesh; If the seeds are sown correctly, only a small amount needs to be singled out; well suited for cutting even slices; very richly bearing.
- Golden burpees: small round turnip with yellow flesh (ringed) and an intense orange peel. Very productive, quite sweet and particularly popular in the kitchen, as golden burpees do not "bleed" when cut.
- Golden: less sweet than Albina Verduna, but more aromatic. Golden yellow flesh and orange skin.
- Hullahoop: Mixture of different colored varieties in one seed bag; mostly yellow (Burpees Golden), red (Subeto, Bulls Blood) and white-fleshed (Albina Vereduna) varieties are included. Ideal for everyone who likes variety.
- Moulin Rouge: single-germ variety that does not have to be separated after sowing; Round and deep red beets.
- Taunus (F1): Beetroot with a deep red color and a cylindrical shape. Ideal for cooking as the Taunus variety can be cut into even slices. There are special “leaf beets” for salads, which are mainly cultivated for their leaves.
- MacGregor’s Favorite, Lutz Green Leaf, Bull’s Blood: If you harvest the leaves with a bit of intuition, the plants will still develop large and tasty beets.
After the variety selection is before planting. Everything you for Beetroot cultivation need to know, see this article.
