How To Grow Beetroot
Beetroot is another delicious, nutritious, and versatile vegetable, easy to grow. Growing beetroot is ideal for beginners and is well suited to large or small home gardens since it takes up little space. Both the roots and the leaves of beetroots are excellent sources of antioxidants, minerals, and vitamin C. you can eat them raw, cooked, and pickled.
STEP 1
Select a sunny location where receive at least six hours of direct sunshine. The soil should be well-draining, loose, rich in organic matter, and slightly acidic to neutral in pH.
STEP 2
Dig some well-rotted manure and general-purpose fertilizer into the soil and remove any large stones before sowing, creating ridges 4 to 6 inches tall. In the spring, sow beet seeds in the garden 2 to 3 weeks before the last average frost date. Make a 12-inch deep furrow in the center of the ridge with a hoe
handle.
STEP 3
Seeds should be spaced 1 to 2 inches apart in rows about 1 foot apart.
STEP 4
Then Sprinkle seeds with water after lightly covering them with loose dirt. Cover seed with sand or light-colored mulch in hot weather.
STEP 5
When seedlings reach 2.5cm (1in), thin them out so there's only one seedling in a 10cm radius.
STEP 6
Keep the area weed-free and avoid over-watering.
STEP 7
Beets will be ready to harvest 7 to 8 weeks after sowing. Harvest roots when golf-ball-size or larger; 2.5 cm (1 in) in diameter and are most tender before they exceed 7.5–10 cm (3–4 in); very large roots may be tough and fibrous. Pull the beet out of the ground by loosening the soil surrounding it. Harvest the beet greens at almost any time, beginning when thinning seedlings. Take one or two mature leaves per plant, until leaf blades are more than 6 inches tall and become tough.
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