Variety profile
Beetroot ‚Rote Kugel 2’
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris · Amaranthaceae
- Ripening
- mittel
- Harvest
- Week 30 to 40
- Vigour
- stark
- Growth habit
- runde Knolle
- Origin
- Deutschland
- Open-pollinated
- Yes
- Heritage variety
- Yes
- Use
- Kochen, Einlegen, Lager, Salat
- Disease resistance
- Schossneigung: mittel
About this variety
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The dependable home-garden classic with evenly round, deep red roots and thin skin. You can sow it directly into the bed from spring onwards and harvest portion by portion into autumn. The variety is open-pollinated, stores well in a sand box or a cool cellar and tastes good both freshly cooked and pickled sweet and sour.
Earthy-sweet, rounded flavour without intrusive woody notes. Harvested young it is especially tender, older roots grow stronger in aroma.
Care and diseases
Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.
All care notes for Beetroot