Garden Beet Ruby Velvet

Garden Beet Ruby Velvet is a dual purpose beetroot with blood red leaves that are delicious when picked as a baby leaf for mixed salads and in stir fries. The full size leaves are broader than other beetroot varieties and have a mild, sweet flavour, when steamed or boiled like spinach. If grown just for its leaves, plants can be closer together. The root is medium-sized and round. The leaves can be harvested within 35 days as baby leaves and the root within 60 days. When picked the young root tastes super sweet and earthy.