Description

Beetroot ‘Albina Verduna’ is a Dutch heirloom variety with round white roots and sweet flesh. Roots can be cooked or eaten raw. The edible leaves can be harvested from 35 days. The roots are so sweet they can be used for sugar. Grated flesh can be used in desserts or to sweeten smoothies.
Soak seed overnight before sowing.
Beetroots are the same species as silverbeet and chard; they can all be cross-pollinated with each other. Being biennial, they set seeds in the second year. If collecting seed, ensure that only one variety is flowering. However, beets are wind pollinated and need more than one plant of the same variety for pollination. For best results, hand‑pollinated early in the morning when flowers are wide open.