Sweet-earthy flavor. Gorgeous ruby-red color. Satiny smooth texture. Maximum nutrition in roots as well as leaves. In short, the perfect beet! ¡°Mono¡± simply means each seed makes only one plant (typically beet seeds generate a few), so clumping is eliminated ¡ª you won¡¯t be thinning, plus your harvest will be nice and uniform. Each compact plant takes up only about a square foot in your vegetable patch.