Touchstone Gold beet
Beta vulgaris 'Touchstone Gold'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow, golden, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
'Touchstone Gold' beet (Beta vulgaris 'Touchstone Gold') is a vegetable for food gardens, containers, and borders. It is typically grown as an annual. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy or loamy soil. It is open-pollinated and reaches maturity in about 53 days, so you can sow it for a quick harvest.
Pairs well with Lettuce, Bok choy, and Fernleaf dill.