Vegetable

• Ideal for : Children

Description

Widely used as an attractive baby leaf salad, adding an almost crimson colour to salads. Beet Bull's Blood also makes a decorative addition to the flower garden.

Sowing Instructions

Sow seeds April to June. Sow seeds thinly, 13mm (½in) deep in drills 30cm (12in) apart in moist, well-drained, fertile soil, which has been raked to a fine tilth. Water ground regularly, especially in dry periods.

Growing Instructions

Thin out seedlings when large enough to handle, to 10cm (4in) apart.

Aftercare

Harvest leaves as and when required, picking a few only from each plant.