Growing beets - 3 secrets: shells, tobacco and the best top dressing
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UNBANAL ABOUT GROWING BEET
In my garden, beets always grow and in a place of honor.
Without it, neither borscht nor vinaigrette will turn out. It seems easy to grow and store root crops, but there are still secrets.
Here are my personal findings.
SHELL LOOKS
I sow beets in early May, when the weather is warm - not lower than 10-15 °. If it is cold, the seeds do not germinate for a long time. I sprinkle the soil in the garden where tomatoes or peas, onions, lettuce grew last season, a week before sowing, I sprinkle with dolomite. Helps against wireworm and other pests.
I make grooves 3 cm deep, water them with warm water. I take a shell of 20 eggs for one bag of seeds, grind, distribute along the bottom of the grooves. Then I sprinkle with chalk on top. I spread the seeds every 5 cm.
When beet shoots appear, I immediately weed the weeds, then I thin out the beets. I pour warm water. Young roots are a little, sometimes imperceptibly exposed, and they really need moisture at this time, otherwise weak plants may die.
Beets are generally demanding on moisture all summer. She loves pre-sowing and post-sowing watering while growing and maturing. And only 2 weeks before harvesting, water procedures should be stopped. If there are frequent and prolonged rains, and it’s time to dig, I don’t wash the cleaned dirty beets in any case. I put it in a shed on burlap and let the root crops dry.
FEEDING THE BEET HEALS
A week after thinning, I do the first top dressing. I stir 2 tbsp. tablespoons of table salt and 2 cups of ash in 10 liters of water and water the plants from a watering can. The second time I give the same "lunch" in 2 weeks.
After another half a month, I spray the beets on the leaves with a weak solution of boric acid - 3 g per 10 liters of water. Helps with heart rot.
Dung infusion is also useful. I soak cow cakes in water (1: 1) for a week. Then I mix, take a 0,5-liter jar in a bucket of water and feed the beets at the root. After that, I immediately water with clean water so as not to burn the roots.
MAHORKA SAVE THE BEET
Beets have many pests, especially aphids. She lives on the underside of the leaves, sucking the juices out of them, causing them to curl and dry out. Beetroot growth is slowing down.
Shag helps a lot against aphids. I breed 3 tbsp. spoons in 10 liters of water, shake it up, cover with a lid, insist for two days, mix, filter and spray the leaves.
Beets and beet moth caterpillars are overpowered, especially if the summer is dry. First, they eat young leaves, then move on to the veins and stems. The leaves become sluggish, as if there is not enough moisture. A light cobweb appears. For the fight I use phosphamide: 1 tbsp. spoon for 10 liters of water. I water the leaves and the soil under the plants from the watering can. One treatment is enough - the caterpillars are gone!
FILM STORES BEET
I like the Egyptian flat beetroot, because it does not require much work to grow, but my favorite is the Cylinder. It cooks much faster, keeps well in the cellar and even until the summer, completely covered with dry sand in a box.
A neighbor spoke about an unconventional storage method: she wraps beet roots with cling film in 2 layers. I decided to try it - I liked it. I cut off the roots of the beets, washed them, dried them for a day on a towel. Then she wrapped each in cling film and immediately transferred it to the cellar on a wooden grate. The result is good, I advise everyone!
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© Author: N. STEPANOVA Voronezh Region
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Will there be nitrates in beets?
I feed the beets three times during the summer.
The first time is two weeks after germination. I dilute 1 tbsp. urea in a bucket of water and water the beets at the root.
In mid-June, I dilute a capful of potassium hydrohumate in a bucket of water. I pour out a bucket of solution for 3-4 linear meters. In August, I feed the beets with potassium monophosphate so that the root vegetables are sufficiently sweet and dense - 1 tsp. I dilute the powder in 10 liters of water.
However, I read that during storage, some root vegetables accumulate nitrates and become dangerous. Is it possible to reduce the amount of nitrates in vegetables when cooking them?
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— This statement is true primarily for spinach and other leafy vegetables. As for root crops, when storing them, constant ventilation and a fairly low positive temperature should be maintained in the cellar. During such storage, the amount of nitrates in root vegetables does not increase, but, on the contrary, decreases by 30-50%. In addition, during cooking, some root vegetables (daikon, radish, rutabaga) must be peeled. And when cooking carrots and beets, about 30-40% of nitrates pass into the water.
Alexander Gorny, Cand. of sciences
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Beets sprouted in the cellar. The neighbor says that it can be planted in the garden for seeds. How to do it right?
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- It is undesirable to use prematurely germinated root crops for obtaining seeds. The fact is that they carry genes with a short storage period. The seeds obtained from such root crops will subsequently yield a crop that will also germinate ahead of time. There's nothing you can do - the laws of genetics.
Therefore, it is better to take a few medium-sized root crops that do not show signs of germination. 1-5 months before planting in the garden, they need to be taken out of storage and planted in pots with soil. Their care is minimal - watering and maintaining the temperature at the level of +2 +15 degrees. It will be possible to plant plants in the garden when the average daily air temperature exceeds +20 degrees. Planting scheme - 5 × 50 cm. Plant care is normal - watering, weeding, top dressing. For the formation of larger seeds, it is necessary to leave one main stem on the plant, and remove the rest. Harvest when the "balls" with seeds turn brown. Cut the bush at the base and dry it with seeds for 50-2 weeks, then collect the seeds and dry them again (now in room conditions). Store in paper or cloth bags.