Beetroot Seeds - Bulls Blood

Beetroot Seeds - Bulls Blood

Average packet contents 250 seeds. Beetroot Bull's Blood can be used for baby leaf salads or use the larger leaves as an alternative to spinach. Choose whether to harvest the leaves earlier for a baby leaf salad or wait until they’re larger and cook them up, but however you like your beetroots, Bull’s Blood makes an ornamental addition to the vegetable patch. Those dark red leaves add a dash of colour to your garden, so this one’s a winner on the dinner table and in the veg patch.

Sowing Period: February to August

Harvesting/Flowering Period: Mid March to October

Growing Information

Sow thinly directly into soil/compost from February-August for baby leaf, protection may be needed at the beginning of the season. Harvest when big enough for baby leaf. Alternatively, for large roots sow seeds 3cm apart, 13mm deep and thin seedlings to final spacings of 5cm apart. Thinned seedlings can also be used in salads.