White Detroit Beet, Heirloom Seeds

White Detroit Beet, Heirloom Seeds — The Stainless Sweet Beet That Won’t Bleed or Stain

White Detroit (Beta vulgaris) is the clean, stainless alternative to traditional red garden beets — a large, flavorful white root that retains its taste beautifully through cooking without any of the bleeding or staining that comes with red varieties. No purple hands, no stained cutting boards, no pink everything. Grown for improved sweetness, White Detroit is excellent roasted, baked, steamed, and pickled. The tops are equally valuable — beet greens are a bonus dual-purpose crop favored for salads and cooking. A cool-season crop for spring and fall. 55 days.

Why Grow White Detroit?

• No bleeding or staining — clean, stainless alternative to red beets
• Improved sweetness — large, flavorful white roots
• Retains flavor through cooking — excellent roasted, baked, steamed, and pickled
• Edible tops — nutritious beet greens as a bonus dual-purpose crop
• Cool-season spring and fall crop — two harvests per year
• Open-pollinated heirloom — save seed year after year

Growing Notes

Direct sow outdoors 4–6 weeks before last frost or in late summer for fall harvest. Sow seeds ½ inch deep, 2–3 inches apart, in rows 12–18 inches apart. Thin to 3–4 inches. Full sun to part shade. Keep soil consistently moist. Harvest at 55 days when roots reach 2–3 inches in diameter.

Days to maturity: 55 days
Root color: White
Packet size: 2 g / 200+ seeds
Type: Heirloom, Open-Pollinated, Annual
Spacing: 9 per sq ft
Sun: Full sun to part shade
USDA Zones: 2–11 (annual)