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Beetroot 'Merlin' organic

Name: Beetroot 'Merlin' organic
Brand: Norseco
SKU: NOR-69-0842-502
Price: 5.19 CAD
Availability: InStock

Latin name Beetroot

Quantity per packet Approximately 175 seeds

Product information

Product
identification

Latin nameBeetroot

FamilyAmaranthaceae

TypeVegetable

CycleBiennial

Quantity per packApproximately 175 seeds

Code produitWHPER-0016

Product
description

The 'Merlin' beet entices from the garden with its consistently round, smooth, and deeply colored roots, promising harvests that are as beautiful as they are flavorful. This organic variety is distinguished by its tender flesh and remarkable sweetness, highly appreciated in cooking both raw and cooked. In the garden, it easily integrates into root vegetable beds, where its vigorous foliage enlivens the season while attracting beneficial biodiversity around the crops. Its rapid growth and good uniformity make it a reassuring choice for gardeners who want a reliable yield without sacrificing taste quality. Well-suited to loose, rich soils, it expresses its full potential when it benefits from regular moisture and a sunny location. Its intermediate resistance to cercospora and downy mildew adds a valuable asset for maintaining healthy foliage longer. Harvested young, it offers a fine and sweet texture that transforms salads, roasted dishes, and preserves into true garden delights. It is a generous, productive, and elegant beet that naturally finds its place in a nourishing, ecological, and gourmet vegetable garden.

Sowing
guide

Sowing periodMay to July

Sowing depth1 cm (0.4 in)

Germination temperature10 to 30 °C (50 to 86 °F)

Germination time7 to 14 days

Soil
and care

ExposureSun to partial shade

Soil

Friable, rich, and well-drained

Watering

Regular

Container
growing

true

Bloom,
harvest
and garden

Garden use

salad, cooking, preserves, food garden

Bloom period

Second year

Harvest

55 days after sowing

Size
and facts

Height30 to 40 cm (12 to 16 in.)

Spread30 to 40 cm (12 to 16 in.)

Planting
partners

Good companions

lettuce, onion, cabbage, bean

Avoid planting with

spinach, Swiss chard

The availability of our seeds varies depending on seasonal availability, production schedules and supplier inventory. Certain varieties may only be offered for a limited time based on their natural growth cycle, sowing period or available stock. These product pages are designed to help and inspire gardeners in choosing the right seeds for vegetable gardens, flower beds, pollinator gardens, container growing, naturalization projects and sustainable outdoor spaces.