Vegetable Description: The Cylindra beet has a long smooth root that's excellent for uniform slicing and produces up to 4 times more slices than other varieties! Roots grow up to eight inches long. Interior flesh is dark-red, free from rings, sweet and easy to peel. An excellent choice for canning! Roots grow almost entirely underground with small reddish-green tops. Matures in 50 to 75 days.

Vegetable Botanical Name: Beta vulgaris

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Vegetable Duration: Biennial

Vegetable Days to Maturity: 60

Vegetable Seeds Per Oz: 2100

Vegetable Height: 6” to 12”

Vegetable Spacing: 2” to 4”

Vegetable Planting: Direct sow outside as soon as the ground can be worked. Can also be fall planted. Plant about 4” apart and 1/2“ below soil surface. Rows should be spaced at 12”-18” apart.

Vegetable Seed Saving: Allow seed heads to dry on plants; then remove heads, break them open, and collect seeds. Clean and dry the seeds before storage in cool dry conditions.

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