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Tips for Gardeners: How to Grow Beets
31.07.2023 13:00
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:24
Beet is a cold-resistant crop, so it is not afraid of either northern winds or drafts.
Where beets like to grow
Since this is a heat-loving plant, beets love a well-lit place when planted. The site should be loose and not shaded.
Most of all, beets love fertile loose soils - peat bogs, medium loamy chernozems of slightly alkaline or neutral reaction - the pH should be at least 5 and not higher than 8 units. In acidic or too alkaline soil, beets get sick.
Plant care
Watering, loosening and mandatory thinning are the main agrotechnical methods of growing beets. The vegetable is watered once every 2-3 days, the next day the earth is shallowly loosened, trying not to damage the roots. If the beds were fertilized before planting, it is not necessary to additionally feed the beets.
What not to plant near beets
It is better to plant pepper next to onions, garlic, parsley and carrots, it is undesirable - with fennel. Beets will perfectly coexist with cabbage, onions, carrots, cucumbers, lettuce. But next to potatoes and beans, it is better not to plant it.
