White sugar beet
Cures in 90 days
Planting companion : Plant them with beans, strawberries, cucumbers, onions and members of the cabbage family. Avoid the neighborhood of tomato, leek, carrot and potato.
Sugar beets have a very high sugar content! Some people even find them unpleasantly sweet. Sugar beets are best suited for making sugar, but beets and leaves are edible if harvested small. They can be harder and more fibrous, so it's best to eat them cooked or grated.
Sow the beet seeds directly outside, 4 weeks before the last expected frost. Plant them in full sun in rich, well-drained soil 1 "deep and 1" apart. Germination should take place within 5 to 15 days. Since each beet "seed" can hold up to 8 seeds, seedlings will need to be thinned 3 "apart. Uprooted plants will produce a second crop, as their transplanting will place their harvest about 2 weeks behind. harvesting the original plants. Be careful not to damage the seedlings when weeding. They like cool weather and can survive temperatures up to - 3 ° VS !! (25 ° F).
White sugar beet
Matures in 90 days
Plantation Companion : Plant them with beans, strawberries, cucumbers, onions, and members of the cabbage family. Avoid the neighborhood of tomato, leek, carrot and potato.
Sugar beets have very high sugar content! Some people even find them unpleasantly sweet. Sugar beets are best suited for making sugar, but beets and leaves are edible if harvested small. They can be harder and more fibrous, so it's best to eat them cooked or grated.
Sow the beet seeds directly outside, 4 weeks before the last expected frost. Plant them in full sun in rich, well-drained soil 1 "deep and 1" apart. Germination should take place within 5 to 15 days. Since each beet "seed" can hold up to 8 seeds, seedlings will need to be thinned 3 "apart. Uprooted plants will produce a second crop, as their transplanting will place their harvest about 2 weeks behind harvest the original plants. Be careful not to damage the seedlings when weeding. They like cool weather and can survive temperatures down to -3 ° VS!! (25 ° F).
White sugar beet
Cures in 90 days
Planting companion : Plant them with beans, strawberries, cucumbers, onions and members of the cabbage family. Avoid the vicinity of tomato, leek, carrot and potato.
Sugar beets have a very high sugar content! Some people even find them unpleasantly sweet. Sugar beets are best suited for making sugar, but beets and leaves are edible if harvested small. They can be harder and more fibrous, so it's best to eat them cooked or grated.
Sow the beet seeds directly outside, 4 weeks before the last expected frost. Plant them in full sun in rich, well-drained soil 1 "deep and 1" apart. Germination should take place within 5 to 15 days. Since each beet "seed" can hold up to 8 seeds, seedlings will need to be thinned 3 "apart. Uprooted plants will produce a second crop, as their transplanting will place their harvest about 2 weeks behind. harvesting the original plants. Be careful not to damage the seedlings when weeding. They like cool weather and can survive temperatures up to - 3 ° VS !! (25 ° F).