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'Golden Detroit' Beets |
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Specialty
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Specialty beet. Plants produce round, orange roots that turn deep yellow when cooked and green leaves with yellow stems used in salad or cooked.
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55
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (1.5 Stars)
Taste: (2.5 Stars)
Yield: (1.0 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (1.0 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 2
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 12/01/2011 by
Kira
- An experienced gardener
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Monroe, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This variety has never performed overly well for us. It takes longer to germinate, and when it does it\'s sporadic. I have had far better success with Touchstone Gold, which germinates and sizes up much better as a rule. When the two were planted side by side, the Touchstone performed appreciably where the Golden had many gaps in the row, and didn\'t put on much growth to speak of. Tastes pretty good, if you can get a crop out of it. I\\\'m sticking with Touchstone. |
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Reviewed on 09/01/2011 by
GardenParadise
- An experienced gardener
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Franklin, Maine, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Started these this past spring in our raised bed, our second year for a garden in this location. The carrots and kohlrabi nearby grew. Also its relation, Swiss chard which reached full size though slowly. When it became apparent that they would be a failed crop for us, we left three plants in all season just to see if anything would eventually happen. They just sat there. We pulled them up today, just little orange fibrous roots, no beet root, and skinny leaves that barely reached two inches in length. Like 2-week old lettuce that stayed in the ground for over four months. Odd when everything else grew. This is a northern climate, and we had a wet year. Had tomatoes in that location last year. Maybe that was an issue? We have the seeds for the basic dark red ones and we will have to try them next. |
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