Lutz Winterkeeper Beet Seeds

$4.00

A sleeping beast. Wallowing in its lair, expanding with each breath. It has no understanding of time or the outside world. What does it dream of? The stars in the night sky? The feeling of sun on its skin? Maybe it dreams of itself? A treasure being pulled from darkness.

This gorgeous wine-colored heirloom beet is delicious in every way. Harvest as a baby beet for ultimate sweetness or allow to mature to up to six inches in diameter without it getting woody. Pickle, roast, sauté, blend, juice, eat raw and add baby greens to salads and smoothies! As its name suggests, it keeps well in storage long after harvest.

Each packet contains 75 Lutz Winterkeeper Beet seeds.

A sleeping beast. Wallowing in its lair, expanding with each breath. It has no understanding of time or the outside world. What does it dream of? The stars in the night sky? The feeling of sun on its skin? Maybe it dreams of itself? A treasure being pulled from darkness.

This gorgeous wine-colored heirloom beet is delicious in every way. Harvest as a baby beet for ultimate sweetness or allow to mature to up to six inches in diameter without it getting woody. Pickle, roast, sauté, blend, juice, eat raw and add baby greens to salads and smoothies! As its name suggests, it keeps well in storage long after harvest.

Each packet contains 75 Lutz Winterkeeper Beet seeds.

  • sun: partial to full

    days to germination: 5-10

    days to harvest: 60-80

  • -sow seeds 1/2-1 inch deep

    -direct sow in spring as soon as the soil is workable

    -needs partial to full sun

    -beet seeds often are actually clusters of seeds, sprouting more than one beet—once they sprout, thin beets to 3-4 inches apart

    -plant in loose soil free from rocks and debris

    -this variety grows large without getting woody—harvest as baby beets or let mature

    -flower and seed form in the second year of growth

  • Each packet of seeds contains seeds grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers by Senise Family Farms in Zone 4a. Though we are not "certified organic" we use organic practices in every part of our growing.