5 Secrets of crop of beets

 Secrets of harvesting bumper crop of beets

Before picking your best beet crop, it is a good idea to keep the following in mind. Gardening is unpredictable from season to season and from crop to crop. One year you were loaded with zucchini, but no tomatoes. Next year the buckets of tomatoes will be overflowing, but not the zucchini.

Wait for a second, there is no season without zucchini, is there?

You can never trust your favorite crops to grow uniformly every year. There are many factors out of your control: hail, drought, wind, heat, flood. The weather will happen. Then there are the almost indestructible beets. Planting the fruits and vegetables you really like to eat is always wise gardening advice - and some can be underestimated.

For diversity, you can also pay a little attention to other crops to enhance their nutrient content. Beetroot is included - it ranks 4th on the list of the most nutritious vegetables you can grow in your garden. If you happen to like them too, it's good for you.

1. Plant the beets in the right place.

Beet works best in partial shade until the full sun. 6-8 hours of sunlight is considered optimal. However, if you have a very shady place to plant, with less than 4 hours of sunlight a day, you can only grow beets for their leaves. Once you get the sunlight needs, it is time to dig deep into the soil. beet is partially in well-drained, loose soil. This makes perfect sense because you want to prevent the roots from soaking into the moist, heavy soil. If your soil is less than ideal (heavy or shallow), you can choose smaller varieties of beets or, again, grow beets for their lush greens. Beet greens can also be grown in containers - you have no luck when it comes to leaf harvesting.

2. Plant the beets at the right time.

Beets are a winter-season crop that forms an essential garden work to prevent them from the scorching heat of summer. Although beets grow well in most climates, their growth is best controlled during the colder months. Autumn cultivation is essential in the desert.

Generally, beets should be planted a month before the last expected spring frost. At this time, the soil temperature should be close to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, which creates favorable conditions for seed germination. For the autumn harvest of beets, you should sow your seeds anytime from mid-summer until early autumn - 4-6 weeks before the first expected frost. A good range for filming is from late August to October.

Keep in mind that beets can withstand cold and take 45-65 days to mature. They also qualify as potential vegetables in your emergency garden.

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3. Proper planting and spacing of tubers.

It is not necessary to soak the seeds when planting beets. Although there are times when pre-soaking seeds come in handy. For example, when you do not know what the weather is like. (Soaking the potato seeds first will increase the chances of seeing the sprouts coming out faster.)

The next thing you want to do when placing your seeds in the ground is to plant each seed to a depth of 1/2 to 1. Leave a gap of 2-4 between the seeds. It is always better to plant more than overgrown because you can always pinch the excess plants later.

4. Supplemental planting training for beets.

Once you’ve got the space and planted, next comes the little-known secret about sub-planting.

If you are familiar with the ancient supplementary planting process that attracts beneficial insects and adds nutrients to the soil, you already know what herbs and vegetables to plant your beets Three plants to stay away from your beets are polar. Beans, chard, and mustard.

Within the timeless realm of supplemental planting, you will undoubtedly find conflicting advice. All I can say is, experiment with it yourself, in your own garden, with your own seeds and crop rotations. You may find that this is the missing key to your abundant yield.

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5. Experiment with growing different types of beets.

There is more in the world of beets than beets bought in the plain red store. And you don't have to follow your grandparents' upbringing. Nowadays you have a huge selection of cultivated beets, so take advantage of it. Striped beets, yellow beets, cylindrical beets, white beets, and redder than you can fit in your garden in one season  There are types of beets.

Here are some types of beats to look out for:

Chioggia (Bassano) Beet - The most fun beet you can eat. When you cut them, you will immediately see why: Dark pink and white candy canes say it all. The colors are true when eaten light, soft and sweet, or raw. Only 60 days to harvest.

Cylindra - If you are looking for suitable beets to preserve beet pickles, this is a great choice. The roots grow up to 8 in length and are mostly out of the soil. You can mound it with soil/straw. Open-pollinated will be ready for harvest in 50-70 days.