Bull's Blood Beet is an exceptional dual-purpose heirloom. There is very little green color anywhere on this plant. Great-flavored, beautiful dark-red young tops are available in about a month from sowing and make attractive additions to salad mixes. Full-grown dark-red chard-type leaves are ready in 55 days and the tasty round roots have a remarkably sweet, wholesome flavor.

Harvest baby greens at 35 days or so. Later, as they mature, Bull's Blood greens turn dark burgundy and develop a rich flavor. These offer the drama of radicchio without its bitterness.

Beet juice is used to make the only red food coloring allowed by Swedish law.

35 days for baby leaf tops; 55 days for edible roots and mature tops.

Approx 150 seeds per pack.

Planting Instructions

Soak seed balls in water for 12 hours before planting to hasten germination. Two weeks before last frost sow seeds directly in garden 1/4" deep and 1"-2" apart. Make sure seeds are in good contact with the soil. Germination usually takes 10 - 12 days.

For continuous yields, sow seeds every 3-4 weeks until 90 days before first expected frost. As soil gets warmer and drier, sow seeds deeper, until summer plantings are 2" deep. Thin seedlings when 6" tall to 4 -6" apart. Use thinnings in salads or cook whole.