Growing from seed is great fun & can provide you with an abundance of interesting, varied & great value vegetables for cooking. Undoubtedly the finest beet to sow early, because of its resistance to 'bolting' (going to seed)., The flavour is delicious, & the seeds are remarkably evenly shaped with good colouring & texture., Beetroot grows well on most well cultivated soils., Ideal for deep freezing., Average packet contains 350 seeds.