Grow a garden filled with Bulls Blood Beets, from freshly harvested beta vulgaris seeds. Bulls Blood is an heirloom variety that produces 2 to 3 inch, dark red roots. When sliced in half, you can see its inner flesh is a bright red, with slender, pink rings, like that of a bullseye. Enjoy the mild flavored roots when they are small, for best flavoring. The tops are about 12 to 14 inches tall and make an excellent additive to salads. Their deep red coloring intensifies as the plants age. Bull's blood Beets are ready for harvesting in about 55 to 60 days.
Beets, or "Beetroots" are an easy variety of vegetable to grow in your home garden. They date back to as early as 2,000 B.C., spreading from Babylonia to China, around 850 A.D. Forming round, globe shaped roots, Bulls Blood Beets will grow much like carrots, turnips and radishes. Categorized as an annual, they grow quickly in the cooler temperatures of early Spring and late Fall. Once they are fully grown, they can be harvested, thus ending their lifecycle. If temperatures become too hot, your beets will begin to bolt. This simply means that your Beetroot plants will no longer send its energy to produce its roots, instead it will produce seeds.This can be beneficial if you are looking to collect seeds to regrow the following season.