Bull's Blood Beet, Organic options available

Bull’s Blood transformed modern culinary salad mixes when it was introduced, becoming the gold-standard red leaf in high-end mesclun blends across the globe.

• Exceptional Dual Harvest: Harvest the glossy, deep maroon leaves at 35 days when they are baby-sized, tender, and packed with sweet, earthy flavor. If left to mature to around 55 days, the plant rewards you with round, tender baby roots that boast beautiful concentric rings and classic beet sweetness.
• Renowned Breeding Heritage: Bred by Kees Sahin by carefully selecting for the darkest foliar pigmentation out of 'Crapaudine'—one of the oldest documented French beet varieties dating back centuries—Bull’s Blood maintains heirloom vigor and remarkable cool-season cold hardiness.
• Striking Ornamental Color: The dramatic inky-plum foliage adds rich contrast to traditional vegetable patches, edible landscaping borders, and container herb gardens, pairing magnificently alongside green lettuces, silver herbs, and edible flowers.
• Nutritional & Culinary Powerhouse: Both the leaves and roots are rich in betalains, iron, and antioxidants. Enjoy the young greens fresh in salads, sauté mature tops like Swiss chard, or roast and pickle the earthy, tender roots.

"Bull’s Blood is an absolute workhorse in the spring and autumn garden. We love it because you never have to choose between beauty and utility—it gives you both. The leaves catch the morning light with a deep wine-red glow that rivals any ornamental annual, and snipping those sweet, tender purple tops for fresh salads while the roots swell below feels like getting two harvests for the effort of one."

• Sowing: Direct sow outdoors 1/2 inch deep in early spring as soon as the ground can be worked, or in late summer for a crisp autumn harvest. Beets thrive in cool weather and can tolerate light frosts.
• Seed Prep & Spacing: Each beet "seed" is actually a multigerm cluster containing 2–4 seeds. Soak seeds in room-temperature water for 12 hours before planting to speed up germination.
• Thinning & Continuous Picking: When seedlings reach 2–3 inches tall, thin them to 3–4 inches apart (and toss the thinned seedlings directly into your dinner salad!). For greens, harvest outer leaves as needed, leaving the central growing crown intact to let the roots continue developing underneath.