Beet

Without this vegetable, it will not be possible to cook delicious borscht, prepare vinaigrette or the famous herring under a fur coat. Of course, we are talking about beets.

It has been grown in European countries for the last three thousand years, and in ancient times it was used not only as a food product, but also as a medicinal plant.

Beets are recommended to be included in the diet of those who suffer from hypertension or excess weight.

For today beet growing It is produced on an industrial scale, its sweet varieties, sugar, are used as raw materials for the production of sugar, fodder for feeding farm animals.

Large volumes of table variety products are in demand in the chain selling vegetable products.

Of course, the most delicious beets are grown in your own summer cottage. Although beets are not a capricious plant, in order to get a bright, excellent-tasting vegetable, you will need to follow some recommendations.

Technology for growing beets in open ground

The main point in growing root crops, in particular beets and carrots, is high-quality soil preparation and the introduction of a complex of fertilizers into it. The soil should be loose; this condition will need to be maintained through systematic weeding. They will also rid the beds of weeds.

Beetroot is planted with seeds; it is important not to miss the optimal sowing dates. Sometimes they resort to a more complex option of planting beets with seedlings.

We should not forget that fertilizing will be required throughout the season.

If the summer turns out to be too dry, additional watering will be required.Experienced vegetable growers also recommend watering beets with water and salt; a weak solution will enrich the soil with sodium salts, under its influence the fruits will be able to accumulate more sugar, but such fertilizer should be prepared in strict adherence to the recipe.