(55 days) Open-pollinated. Boldor’s strong germination and vigor roars to life more quickly than the other yellow beets, making it easier to grow, especially under stressful conditions. Its excellent uniform round rose-gold roots have duped many into mistaking it for a hybrid. When cooked, Boldor’s meat becomes fully light orange with no striations, a blend of carroty sweetness and mild beety depth. Touchstone’s flesh color may have more pop, but many of us favored Boldor in taste tests. And it’s hard to top its tops: Boldor has healthy short upright light green tops with gold stems and veins. ④
Boldor Beet
Boldor Beet
(55 days) Open-pollinated. Boldor’s strong germination and vigor roars to life more quickly than the other yellow beets, making it easier to grow, especially under stressful conditions. Its excellent uniform round rose-gold roots have duped many into mistaking it for a hybrid. When cooked, Boldor’s meat becomes fully light orange with no striations, a blend of carroty sweetness and mild beety depth. Touchstone’s flesh color may have more pop, but many of us favored Boldor in taste tests. And it’s hard to top its tops: Boldor has healthy short upright light green tops with gold stems and veins. ④
Additional Information
Beets
- About 800-3600 seeds/oz, with variations. ⅛ oz packet sows 20 ft; 1 oz sows 160 ft.
- Days to maturity are from emergence after direct sowing.
Culture: Spring or fall, beets are hardy and easy to grow. Can be sown almost as soon as ground can be worked in spring. Minimum germination temperature 40°, optimal range 60–85°. For full-sized beets, you must thin to at least 3" apart. Early thinnings make good salad greens; baby-beet thinnings cooked with tops are a Yankee delight!
Diseases:
PM: Powdery Mildew
DM: Downy Mildew
CLS: Cercospora Leaf Spot looks like someone shot a series of small target-like circles in the foliage. Prolonged periods of rainfall and high humidity exacerbate this disease. In serious cases the spots darken and extend. Rotating crops, removing plant debris, and wider spacing to ensure adequate air circulation are preventive measures.
Scab, the same disease that afflicts potatoes, causes rough brown spots on the skin. Adequate irrigation is a preventive.
Germination Testing
For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.
Our Seeds are Non-GMO
All of our seeds are non-GMO, and free of neonicotinoids and fungicides. Fedco is one of the original companies to sign the Safe Seed Pledge.