Popular culture beets in suburban areas is often grown as a seal. Her carefully tended, planted to cucumbers, potatoes, tomatoes, and so tall. When sowing into separate beds gardener will have to take into account the peculiarities of growing beet, only if the crop does not bring disappointment.
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helpful hints
The best preceding a beetroot ridges considered cabbage, potatoes, cucumbers. Under these cultures bring enough organic matter to Roots enough power for the next year. But before the spring digging under the beets need to sprinkle on the soil of granules of mineral fertilizers (1 sq. m).:
- 15-20 g of ammonium nitrate and 20-30 g urea;
- 30-40 g of superphosphate;
- 10-15 g of potassium chloride.
If organics under precursors do not contribute, then further possible to add humus or compost (when digging at 2-4 kg / 1 sq. m).
Agrotechnics beet has the features:
- Each seed (except varieties Odnorostkovaya) consists of several joined together grains. Stems when planting laid out by 1 pc., Leaving 3-5 cm between them. Dry seeds before planting can be soaked, to accelerate the emergence of seedlings, but planting is carried out in the early stages when there is a probability of getting germs under recurrent frosts. Arisen later beet it has a chance to protect themselves from the cold.
- Approximate date of sowing in the southern regions - in March and April, in central Russia, Siberia, the Urals beet seed sown in mid-May, along with carrots, lettuce and other cold-tolerant crops. When the temperature of the soil about 6 +... + 8 ° C shoots appear after 4-7 days. Young plants are able to withstand cooling to -2 ° C, but if their unfavorable prognosis better close use spunbond or sawdust.
- When you see the bushes 1-2 true leaves have to pull out of the nest superfluous shoots, leaving 1 pc. at a distance of 3-4 cm. At this age, the extra shoots can be transplanted to the place where the seedlings did not appear, and well watered.
- The second decimation is performed when the root diameter reaches 3-4 cm in diameter (young vegetables can be used as food). The distance between adjacent bushes should be 6-8 cm.
- After the second decimation is performed first feeding mineral mixtures Root (Kemira, Agricola, etc.). The second top dressing is entered when the foliage of adjacent rows somknetsya.
- During the summer, need periodic watering beet salted water (1 tbsp. l. 10 liters). This will help make the roots sweeter. Such watering is carried out 1 time in 2 weeks.
- Watering beet seedlings in the absence of rain have on a daily basis for the first 3-4 weeks. At this time the plants are especially demanding on the soil moisture.
- Lack of irrigation in the formation and growth of root crops (aged 1.5-2 months) will affect the taste: beets will be fibrous and bitter.
- Cleaning is necessary to hold until frost, otherwise the roots will rot in storage.
- We dug beet leaves are cut, removing the growing point, and in the center of the rosette. Keep vegetables can be in mesh or buried in sawdust, sand, etc..
How to get an early harvest?
To central Russia and regions with similar climates think the best varieties:
- Bordeaux 237;
- Egyptian flat;
- cylinder;
- Bravo;
- Mulatta et al.
Get an early production can be with podzimny sowing. To do this, prepare ridges in October-November, sowing the seeds to a depth of 3-4 cm. Peaks mulch sawdust or humus layer of 10 cm. After thawing, the topsheet mulch rake, ridges or spunbond cover film. The first vegetables can be harvested in late June.
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