When to sow beetroot
Young beetroot is sensitive to frost, which is why the healthy vegetables should only be sown after the ice saints at the end of May. But because the vegetables are eaten in winter and are excellent to store leaves, much experienced gardeners do not grow their beetroot until June.
The beetroot has a development time of around three months. That is, if you sow the beetroot at the end of May, you can harvest it at the end of August, if you sow it in the end of June, the harvest time shifts to the end of September.
also read
- The beetroot season: when does it come?
- Storing beetroot - how to do it right
- Peel beetroot or cream properly
Tips
If you want to harvest beetroot even earlier, you can bring them forward in February at home. You will find out how to do this here.
Where to sow beetroot
Beetroot prefers one warm and sunny location; also with Penumbra she is satisfied in an emergency. It prefers loose soil, which it can penetrate well with its roots up to one and a half meters deep. The beetroot belongs to the middle eater, that is, it is happy about one
Manure with compost and is according to the Crop rotation planted after heavy eaters.How to sow beetroot
Like most vegetables, beetroot also belongs to the dark germs, which means that their seeds have to be covered with soil. In the sowing Proceed as follows:
- Find out which ones Beetroot gets along well with neighbors and make a planting plan.
- With the help of sticks and thread, you draw straight rows of plants with a row spacing of about 30cm.
- Press two to three seeds together every ten centimeters, about one to two centimeters deep into the soil.
- Cover the seeds with soil and water them well.
- If you have a lot of bird visits in your garden, you should protect the seedlings from predators with nets or scarecrows.
All important at a glance
- Sowing date: After the ice saints
- Location: sunny to partially shaded
- Earth: loose and rich in nutrients
- Nutritional requirement: medium
- Row spacing: about 30cm
- Plant distance: 10cm
- Sowing depth: 1 to 2 cm
- Germination time: 12 to 14 days
Prick the beetroot
The first seedlings can be seen after about 14 days. Wait until the plants are about two centimeters tall and then pluck the smaller ones Seedlings so that only one strong, larger beetroot plant every ten centimeters in the bed stands. here you will find step-by-step instructions for pricking beetroot.
Tips
If you want to save yourself the pricking out, you can, as already mentioned above, grow your beets in growing trays.
