What every woman cooking soup in its own way, adding the beans, the peppers, the spices, they know everything. But no real soup is complete without a beet. This is good and the Queen as part of salads.
In my family love it boiled, grated garlic and walnuts. Mayonnaise, this snack is to "cheer."
Unpretentious chubby beets
Beetroot more unpretentious and good-natured to care than many other vegetables, and special efforts in the cultivation of me does not deliver. But she has her own secrets.
From years of experience I have concluded that the plants, the fruit of which is in the ground, plant need during the waning moon. And thus also in the sign of Cancer - the most favorable period for the development of a tasty and juicy fruit. These days, the whole strength of the night light is directed at root growth.
I do not single out this culture of your own garden, it lodges and boundaries potato and onion on each side of the ridge. Joint planting vegetables look very pretty. Beautiful greens beet decorates all areas in the garden.
Basic Rules
The culture I try to be planted 10 centimeters apart. She does not like crowding, space wants. Undemanding plant, but also needs the warmth. The first years of its activity the villa, I planted it in the same time with the carrot, in April. Many shoots stretched out and went into the color, and the root grew so hard that I could barely cut it with a knife. When the beets planted a month later, I was pleased with it softness and juiciness. Now, early in this culture do not put, why would I need a monkey work?
Ash weevil
Young shoots beet weevil loves. This small insect cuts the crop like a lawn mower. And fear, it turns out, the ash. This component and saves sprouts. Ordinary furnace ash is not only an excellent fertilizer, but also good protection. Fortunately, I have enough of this stuff, all winter from the boiler to folding the bag. By the way, the ash is also very good effect, and the taste of beets, it becomes sweeter.
Though sugar, but not getting wet from the rain
Any plant likes light and water. Beets watered twice a week during hot weather, on cloudy and cool days reduce watering. And when the fall rainy summer, the irrigation of root crops do not do it, they have enough moisture from the ground. Grown in the sun beet is more intense burgundy color. At least once a season shed beds with beet solution of boric acid, about 10 grams. ten liters of water. Be sure to loosen the soil after each watering, because this beauty is necessary to saturate the air, otherwise it will grow very stiff.
Greetings from Tiffany
I pull out the beets, since July, and the most recent roots go into the cellar at the end of September. Using the beets, I cook borsch dressing for the winter and in jars given to children. Such preparation can be used as a winter salad, and as a quick method of cooking dinner. For today's young families keen on work, such preserves are a lifesaver.
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