Grow guide
How to grow Beet Crosby Egyptian
Beta vulgaris
- Type
- Beet
- Zones
- USDA zones 2–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 50–58 days
- Spacing
- 4″ apart
- Density
- 9 per sq ft
- Habit
- Bush
- Frost tolerance
- Hardy
- Sowing
- Direct sow
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
- Succession
- Every 21 days
Care
- Water Weekly
- Thin As needed
- Harvest As needed
Notes
Flat-round heirloom with dark red flesh; cold-tolerant for early spring sowing; one of the oldest American beet varieties.
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