🌱❤️ Beetroot Red Ball (Beta vulgaris) – 500 Seeds

Description:

Grow sweet, round, and vibrant Beetroot Red Ball (Beta vulgaris) in your garden! This popular beet variety produces smooth, deep red, globe-shaped roots prized for their sweet flavor and versatility in the kitchen. Perfect for salads, roasting, juicing, or pickling, Red Ball beetroot is an easy-to-grow, nutritious root vegetable packed with vitamins and antioxidants.

🌿 Botanical Name: Beta vulgaris

✨ Key Features:

• Smooth, round, deep red roots with sweet flavor

• Fast-growing and productive variety

• High in vitamins A, C, and iron

• Versatile in cooking – raw, roasted, steamed, or pickled

• Suitable for home gardens and market growers

🌱 Growing Information:

☀️ Light Requirements: Full sun
🌱 Sowing Time:

• Sow directly outdoors from early spring to late summer

• Can be succession planted every 2–3 weeks for continuous harvest

🕰 Harvest Time: 50–70 days after sowing
📏 Spacing: 7–10 cm (3–4 inches) between plants
📏 Row Spacing: 30 cm (12 inches)

🌱 Germination Time: 5–10 days
🌡 Germination Temperature: 15–20°C (59–68°F)

🌾 Soil & Watering:

• Soil Type: Loose, well-drained, fertile soil

• Soil pH: Neutral to slightly acidic (6.0–7.0)

• Watering: Keep soil evenly moist to prevent woody roots

🧑🌾 Usage & Care:

• Thin seedlings to avoid overcrowding and encourage large root development

• Mulch to retain moisture and suppress weeds

• Avoid excess nitrogen to prevent leafy growth over root development

• Harvest roots when about the size of a tennis ball for best flavor

• Leaves are edible and nutritious, great for salads or cooking