Description

Beetroot ‘Golden Detroit’ is an heirloom from the 1800s, grown as a root vegetable. Roots have orange-red skin, and are yellow inside. The flavour is mild and sweet. Roots turn golden when cooked. The plants grow up to 50cm. The green leaves and yellow stems are edible, usually cooked as spinach. Young leaves can be eaten raw.
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.