Gourmet Blend Beet is a cultivar of Beta vulgaris bred for the home gardener who wants reliable, flavorful roots in just 65 days. This variety germinates at 45°F and thrives in full sun with moderate water, making it adaptable to early spring and fall crops alike. It's frost-tolerant, so you can push your season on both ends without worry. Sown directly into the garden 2 to 4 weeks before your last spring frost, it delivers tender, harvestable roots by early summer.
Full Sun
Moderate
?-?
?in H x ?in W
—
High
Hover over chart points for details
This beet was designed with the kitchen gardener in mind, not the commercial operation. Its 65-day maturity means you can squeeze in multiple successions throughout the growing season, and it germinates reliably at the cool end of the temperature spectrum (45°F), allowing you to start seeds outdoors as soon as the soil is workable. The tight 1-inch spacing requirement means you can pack more plants into a smaller bed without sacrificing yield, and its frost tolerance gives you genuine flexibility with spring and fall plantings.
Gourmet Blend Beet is grown for its edible roots, which are roasted, boiled, pickled, or shredded raw into salads. The tender greens that emerge early in the season are equally valuable, adding mineral-rich beet tops to spring side dishes or sautés. Home gardeners appreciate this variety for succession planting, harvesting young beets at golf-ball size for tender flesh or allowing them to mature fully for deeper earthy flavor and firmer texture suited to storage.
No timeline data available yet for this variety.
Sow Gourmet Blend Beet directly outdoors 2 to 4 weeks before your average last spring frost date, when soil temperature reaches at least 45°F; ideally, wait for 60°F to 85°F for faster germination and growth. For a fall crop, sow 6 to 8 weeks before your average first fall frost date. In mild climates, you can sow fall through winter. Start seeds outside rather than indoors, as root disturbance from transplanting delays maturity and can deform developing beets.
Gourmet Blend Beet reaches maturity in 65 days from direct sowing. Begin harvesting when roots are 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter for tender, sweet young beets, or allow them to grow to 2 to 3 inches for a meatier texture suitable for roasting or pickling. Gently loosen soil around the base and pull the entire plant, twisting off the greens just above the shoulder of the root. You can harvest beet greens individually throughout the growing season, but once roots are mature, pull the whole plant. Beets are best used fresh, though they store well if handled properly.
Enter your ZIP code to see a personalized growing calendar for this plant.