Before sowing beets, the gardener needs serious knowledge in the field of its cultivation. Even the shape of the root depends on some characteristics of the culture. The flat form indicates that this is an early ripe variety, the growing season of which lasts 70-80 days. In round beets, vegetation lasts up to 100 days, it belongs to mid-ripening varieties. The root crop, having a conical shape, ripens the longest and belongs to the late-ripening varieties. Naturally, the later the harvest is harvested, the more suitable the grown and harvested products for winter storage. To the question of how to plant beets, there are two main answers - sowing seeds and sowing seedlings. An exemplary seed sowing algorithm consists of the following steps:
- pre-sowing seed soaking (approximately a day);
- seeding time selection. If you want to get early production, it is best to sow the seeds in the winter or early spring. At the same time, they begin to germinate at 3-5 degrees Celsius and, depending on the further temperature, seedlings may appear in the range of 12-20 days. To get a crop for the winter, seeds are planted in early summer;
- direct sowing of seeds into prepared soil to a depth of about 4 centimeters. The main attention of the gardener in preparing the soil should be paid to how to plant beets with a low level of acidity. To eliminate this misfortune, ash or better lime should be added.
Beets are a relatively frost-resistant crop; seedlings can tolerate frosts up to three degrees. However, there are agricultural areas of risky farming, in which it is advisable to grow beets seedlings. These are mainly the northern areas of the country. In this case, beet seedlings are planted in the ground about thirty days after the end of frosts that are stable in this area, and about 4-6 leaves will form on the plant.
BEET CARE
The first thinning in technology, how to plant beets, should be carried out when 3-4 full leaves are formed on the sprout. The thinning step between shoots is about 3-4 cm. During this process, the most viable seedlings are left, and the lagging behind in development are removed. At the second thinning, a similar procedure is carried out, only the interval between plants should increase to 8-10 cm, and the root crop by this time should reach several centimeters in diameter. After each thinning, it is recommended to add organic matter in the form of slurry, or to fertilize with mineral fertilizers at the rate of 30 - 50 g / sq m. The process of how to plant beets and effectively care for them fits into the important requirement that this culture does not tolerate shaded places, but very demanding on light.
According to the advice of experienced gardeners, if beets are grown for domestic needs, it is most effective to plant it around the perimeter of the potato field. Then the family is guaranteed not to remain in the winter without such a universally recognized and useful product, which is absolutely necessary not only for cooking borsch, but also all kinds of snacks.