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(Lunch break 1:00–1:30 pm)
Beautiful, round, intensely dark red colored beetroot variety. Balanced, mild, slightly sweetish taste. Very suitable to be eaten raw, the leaves can also be used (like Swiss chard). Sow from mid-April to mid-June with harvest from mid-June to late September. Good shelf life.
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Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris var. conditiva Alef.
Sowing: for seedlings cultivation – outdoors from mid-April,
for fresh market sale also till mid-July. Seedling can be planted.
Distances: 30-50 x 5-10 cm
Required quantity of seeds: approx. 200 g/acre
Sowing depth: 2-3 cm
Thousand seeds mass: 14 – 20g
Propagator: ASC, BSA, MUS, RFE, SAT