Beets in the Kirov region - planting and care

Beetroot is also an infrequent guest in country gardens. Meanwhile, what delicious salads are made from it! And what can we say about cold borsch or beetroot in the summer heat - it will invigorate, saturate, and add a lot of useful substances to the body.

The main thing for beets is soil

I just love beets, sometimes when I really want to, I can even eat raw. Therefore, I tried many varieties and hybrids and settled on four. This Matrena is a cylindrical root crop, like a peasant girl’s sarafan in ancient times in Russia, a Pablo hybrid of Dutch selection and varieties Mulatka and Red Ball. Root crops are all neat, round, maroon with a purple hue, the flesh without rings and hard patches, very sweet.

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See also: Large beets and beetroot secrets

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So, the most important thing in growing beets is the acidity of the soil. Beetroot does not tolerate acidic soils, and at least fertilize it, there will be no good harvest. Signs of acidic soil are weeds, woodlice, plantain, and horsetail.

And to determine the level of acidity can be so; 3-4 a leaf of a currant or a cherry, pour a glass of boiling water, cool and put a lump of soil there.

And then see what color the liquid in the glass acquires. If red, then the soil is acidic, pH 4-5. Blue color - slightly acidic, pH 5-6. If the liquid turns green, the soil is neutral, pH 6-7.

And the beet is exactly what the soil needs to be neutral. In acid soil in the autumn it is recommended to make lime, and if it is not done, I advise in the spring to dig in the ash at the rate of 1 glass at 1 square. m to a depth of 6-8 cm. Also, various deoxidizers for soils with micronutrients are sold, everything is painted on packages, how much and under what soil to make.

I soak the seeds for 12 hours in a solution: for 0,5 l of water 1 tsp. ash and on the tip of a knife boric acid, previously diluted with boiling water. Pour vermicompost into the grooves and spread the seeds at a distance of 8-10 cm, between the grooves - 20 cm. When 1-2 leaves appear, I thin out, after moistening the crops with plenty of water.

Since beets are a natural antibiotic, I plant the remaining plants after thinning in cabbage, along the edges of onion beds, under young fruit trees. And I plant these seedlings more densely in a small garden: when the root crops grow from a walnut, they can be pulled out with tops and cook cold summer borsch. You can do without thinning if you plant beets in seedlings in April and plant seedlings in the ground in the first ten days of May, dividing the glomeruli over one plant, and cover the spanbone house for a week for better rooting and from the bright sun.

Dinner is served!

What do I feed? Beets are very responsive to potassium and sodium salts. In a phase of 8 sheets, pour with a solution of coarse salt: 30-50 g per 10 liters of water. Salt can be added and when sown in grooves - 1 tsp. on 3 m grooves.

By the way, this is also done with the planting of turnips to increase sugar content and improve taste.

After 10 days, you need to feed potassium sulfate (potassium sulfate) or ash (2 cups per 10 liters of water, leave for a day). If the soil is sandy, you need to add more kalimagnesiya and potassium boron. I advise you not to plant beets on beets, as it belongs to “self-poisoning” plants, tires the soil and grows poorly next year in the old place.

In the meantime, beet crops sprout, they can be compacted with radishes - for example, a variety

Presto, 16 days - and served. That's all wisdom - in my mind. And now for the recipe.

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See also: Beet for the winter (podzimnius sowing)

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Layered salad

Simple and tasty salad. Layed in a salad bowl, each layer promazyvaetsya mayonnaise.

1. Raw carrots, grated on a large grater, with raisins (raisins pre-soak).
2. Hard grated cheese with garlic.
3. Boiled beets, grated on a large grater. Lavishly grease with mayonnaise and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.

© Author: Svetlana Valentinovna MALTSEVA, Kirov

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