Planting beets is my way
Method of planting beets - sharing experience
Planting, care, new varieties, and this culture is not so paramount among our summer residents. Difficulties arise when transplanting plants: the taproot is tucked in dense layers of soil. Beets have multi-germ tetraploid seeds, one seed - four sprouts, although there are also single-sprouts.
So I want to tighten beetroot positions in the rating of garden crops in terms of the importance and simplicity of cultivation. I'll start with the fact that the soil in the Moscow region is different: someone got former fields, to whom the clay slopes or former sovkhoznye land.
My garden patrimony is the former gardens with clay soil, and even at the top of a small slope. In the summer heat, the earth cracks, the rains roll off it, the hoe bounces off the dry soil. One big plus is that the soil warms up well in early spring.
I also use this advantage to the maximum. I plant beets in a separate fertile bed on a flat area, with densely soaked or dry seeds (not the point), the main thing is to get friendly, strong shoots. After sowing, I cover the bed with foil and forget about it for five days.
I'm preparing a bed on the slope. The north-south orientation has to be neglected, I make a bed across the slope, under the future beetroot rows I dig in vegetable cleaning, food waste or young grass and also cover with a film against evaporation of moisture and for a better warming up of the soil. When the beets have risen amicably on the seedbed, I remove the film, water it as necessary, and wait for the appearance of the third or fourth leaf. In the evening I pull out the seedlings with bunches and plant them on the slope.
Immediately make a reservation: you can plant in the morning, and in any free time, just planting must pritenit for better survival.
I call this planting beetroot in the mink. We spill a row with water, take a hoe in our hands with the handle down and make holes-holes for seedlings. There are no slopes - the back is resting. We select suitable beet plants and plant them in burrows, while the roots do not bend, but are straightened in the ground with cleanings.
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And in the cabbage soup, and the cow on a compress
I tested my method on the varieties Cylindra, Rocket, Egyptian flat, Detroit, Negritanka - all with different root systems, but they gave excellent results in terms of survival and yield. If necessary, the planted plants are compacted by adding the top layer of soil, the final stage is a small watering of the pouring.
With this method of planting, the spring cooling of the beetroot does not harm, the roots will warm the lambent organics, and the leaves will save the non-woven material.
The absence of spring precipitation is also not critical, the moisture of the roots will come from the surrounding soil and decaying purifications, like nutrients. Work zakopannyh cleanings can be assessed on the lush green foliage and rapid filling of root crops.
Further, I will not reinvent the wheel if I say that weeding and watering are standard, only I fertilize with a green infusion of weeds, and once I spill a solution of salt (1 tablespoon per bucket of water).
On early soup, the lower leaves from large plants, they are usually located at the edge of the rows. We harvest the crop at the end of August, dry it and put it in a cellar on a potato.
These two cultures perfectly complement each other in the balance of moisture during storage. For the subsequent plantings, the tops are buried from autumn, we improve the structure of the soil.
Reference by topic: Growing and cleaning of beets
I will also add that beets are useful for many diseases: compresses are made from them for mastopathy in women, they are used as a natural laxative, for cows they are used as a milk-producing agent after calving. And how many dishes, dressings for borscht you can cook - just do not list. The main thing is to protect the root system during transplantation and not to thicken the planting.
© Author: A.V. Rozaeva Meshcherskoe
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During the thinning of beets, we do not want to, often disturb the roots of neighboring plants. As a result, they become weaker and may fade. To support beets in this difficult moment it must be fed. For the restoration and growth of root leaves I use ammonium nitrate with the addition of superphosphate at the rate of 30 g of each fertilizer per 10 l of water.
Remains of the extracted beets pits I do not fall asleep, but ash. She will feed the soil with potassium and calcium and will not allow pests to penetrate to the bare roots of the beet left on the bed.
Week through 2 I feed beet repeatedly with an increase in the fertilizer dose to 40 g for the same volume of water. This additionally stimulates the development of root vegetables. Mullein and bird droppings in this period, the beet is best not to feed, so as not to stimulate the growth of greenery.
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Last year, beets were sown in several places and at different times. On one bed, all the plants went into the arrow. Why?
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At the table beet the period of the vernalization phase is short. In cold and wet weather, it quickly passes vernalization and blooms, so it is not necessary to hurry with its sowing. Tsvetushnosti also contributes to the presence in the soil of more phosphorus and potassium than nitrogen.
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Large, but fibrous
I bought seedlings of beets in the market. Roots grown large, but when you cook, they become fibrous. Can such beets be fodder? And yet, tell us, please, about preparing it for winter storage.
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Fibers depend on the variety. Increased it in the roots of the varieties Bagriyanaya, Cameroon. If the shape of the beet is conical, all varieties with this shape have a large ringing or fibrous appearance. A fodder beet is only white, yellow and pink, but not burgundy. Therefore, with full confidence, we can say that you have grown not the stern, but the table beets. Today there are many varieties on sale that do not have fibrousness, for example, Bordeaux, Polish Patrick and Regulus cylinder.
With regard to storage, it is necessary immediately after digging to bring the roots into the room. With prolonged exposure to the sun, they become lethargic, lose moisture, which subsequently leads to the development of diseases. The ripe beets are kept in the sun no more than 1-2 hours, then
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My beet grows poorly in my area: by the fall only tails grow, but root crops are not formed. What to do?
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The reason is probably in the high acidity of the soil. If the soil is acidic, the beet leaves become intensely violet. The leaf blade does not develop well, with the root crop forming small or not forming at all. Will have to lime the soil. Lime is advisable to make in the winter in the snow under the predecessor of beets. To provide emergency assistance to plants, it is necessary to dilute the chalk powder (100 g / 10 L of water) and such lime milk
feed beets from the watering can. After fertilizing, plants are watered from the watering can with a strainer of clean water to avoid burns. The results of fertilizing will be visible after a few days.
Alexander Gorny, Cand. s-hnauk