For most beginners and experienced gardeners, choosing the seed of a particular crop can be problematic. And although for many summer residents getting their own seeds seems like a waste of time and effort, it happens that the variety they like simply disappears from sale. Most crops, for example, beets, carrots, tomatoes, have different varieties.

Having grown sweet in one season, you will want to receive such a vegetable from your garden all the time. But what if you forgot the name of the variety or the packaging is no different from the one bought last season, and the vegetable itself did not grow so good? In such cases, your own planting material will be a salvation, especially since even novice vegetable growers can get it. From the article you will learn how to grow beet seeds yourself.

Own beet seeds are guaranteed to give a healthy harvest. The plants that grew on your soil have adapted to the type of soil and climatic conditions, and also acquired immunity - the best option for breeding them on a permanent basis.

Fungi and other diseases will bypass your beets. Such seeds will give large and healthy fruits. In addition, it will be nice to save money and time searching for seed by growing it on your site.

Note! Beets are a biennial plant, so the seed collected in the first season of crop growth on the site will be inferior. Seeds simply may not germinate or give a good harvest.

Planting mother liquors and caring for them

Organize a separate bed in the spring. Seed beets deepen to the very top, the area for normal development is 20 by 20 cm. Care is carried out, as for a conventional crop - watering, loosening, weed removal, timely top dressing.

The site for beet seed plants should be fertile and even in relief. The best soil for queen cells is chernozem on weak or medium loam, heavy loam is not suitable. It is not recommended to grow seed plants on sandy loam and solonets soils.

Landing is carried out in early May. The soil should be light, loose, saturated with phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium. For planting, holes are dug and queen cells are placed in them, then they are covered with soil 2-3 cm above the root crop. During the dry period, watering is necessary.

Beet seedlings are planted at a distance of 70 × 70 cm; for home cultivation of a crop, it will be enough to plant 4 root crops. Beet is a cross-pollinating plant, therefore, when planting different varieties, in order to avoid cross-pollination and degeneration of the species, it is recommended to place them on different sides of the site.

On a note. It is important to provide freshly planted root crops with nutritious fertilizers, namely nitrogen and potassium, in the first growing season from the appearance of rosettes to stalking.

Fertilizers are applied taking into account the soil and climatic features of the site.

If the beets weigh more than 200 g, they can be cut in half along the root, through the middle of the central kidney. So you can conduct a thorough inspection of the queen cells and remove the diseased planting material. In addition, the number of testes will double.

The material is planted in loose soil in a square-nested way, that is, the row spacing should be equal to the distance between the holes in the garden. Beet halves are planted two in a nest, whole heads - one at a time. The soil around the testicles is compressed, and the heads are sprinkled 2-3 cm with loose earth.

Seed collection

Of course, root crop seeds are easy to purchase at the store, but it is preferable to collect them yourself, retaining the variety, and sow them next year - this is exactly what our grandmothers did.

On root crops, a rosette of leaves first develops, and later - flower-bearing shoots. The flowering of the testis begins from the end of June and lasts 20-40 days. The formation and maturation of grains ends 25-30 days after pollination of flowers. Ripeness and harvest time are determined by color.

When to Harvest Beet Seeds

When the seed pods turn brown and dry, the planting material will be ready for harvest. But it is better not to wait for complete drying: overripe seeds can crumble on their own. All branches are cut, dried in a room closed from the wind, sorted out and sent for storage. It is better to store seeds in paper bags, in a dry place. One plant produces approximately 50-60 g of seed.

How to collect seeds? Carefully cut off the testicles with the trunk and hang on the crossbar, and lay paper under the bottom. Let them hang like this for 2-3 weeks.

Important! Dry and collect the seeds in a warm, wind- and moisture-proof room.

Tap the testicles lightly from time to time, the seeds should fall off on their own. After the specified time, remove the inflorescences, lightly remember them and shake.

You can select the best seeds in this way:

dilute a tablespoon of salt in 1 liter of water,
place the seed in water for an hour.

Seeds that float up are unusable. Select those that fall to the bottom of the container.

Rinse the seeds and dry for a week, then arrange in paper bags.

Rules and terms of storage

Many gardeners complain about the impossibility of storing root crops, supposedly they often deteriorate even before the onset of winter. This may be due to unsuitable weather conditions during their harvest or non-compliance with agricultural technology in the collection and storage of planting grains.

How to harvest seeds for the winter

During maturation, the seeds lose their moisture content and gradually dry out. All physiological development in the material is suspended due to the lack of moisture. Seed grains at rest under the skin contain the germ and a supply of nutrients.

Without disturbing the dormancy in any way, the seeds will not develop. If the humidity in the room exceeds 12%, the seeds will begin to germinate. Maintenance of a dry microclimate in the storage environment is the main condition due to which the seed material will remain viable.

be careful! The seeds are poorly reflected in their content in a warm and humid environment.

If the temperature and relative humidity are exceeded in the room where the seeds are stored, then after a couple of months they will lose their ability to climb. The same thing happens with temperature changes. The optimum temperature level for storing the material is 12-15 ° C, but the access to fresh air should be limited.

In an unheated room in winter, storage of material is unacceptable. At low temperatures, the seeds become damp and die, especially if the temperature does not rise above 0 °C.

Sowing preparation

Beginning gardeners do not always succeed in planting beets: the seeds do not germinate well or the vegetable grows small. But beets are one of the first among vegetable crops in terms of productivity and the presence of useful properties. The culture is well stored almost all year round. What could be wrong?

In growing a root crop, one of the key points is the proper preparation of seed. If you ignore the technology, letting everything take its course, you should not be surprised at the end of the season by an undesirable outcome.

seed processing

Beet seeds germinate slowly. For sowing, it is better to use hatched grains.

To prepare planting beet grains for planting, they are treated in one of the following ways:

Soaking in a solution of superphosphate. In 1 liter of warm water, stir 1 teaspoon of the substance. In such a solution, the seeds will need to be kept for 24 hours, then dried.
Bubbling. Seeds are placed in water with air supply. The duration of such treatment is approximately 18-24 hours.
Aging in a solution of wood ash. In 1 liter of heated water, pour 1 tbsp. l. ash, stir. Seeds in this solution can withstand at least a day.

After processing, rinse the seeds with warm water, wrap in a damp soft cloth, and hold for 2-3 days in a room with a temperature of at least 22 ° C. If the fabric dries out, it must be moistened.

In order to grow a quality crop of sweet root every year, you will need a near-perfect seed.

Tips from experienced agronomists will help novice gardeners not make mistakes:

The variety of root crop that is selected for planting should not be a hybrid. Pay attention to what regions of the country it is recommended to grow. There is a risk that grown beet seeds simply won't suit your climate.
Store seeds only in paper bags, as the seed must breathe. In foil, cellophane or thick paper, the grains will simply deteriorate during the storage period.
Do not collect seeds in the first year of the crop. The fact is that in the most frequent cases, the tendency to bloom in beets appears when the seedlings are frozen. The preservation of the species is biologically inherent in the plant, therefore, in such cases, it is forced to give all its strength not to the fruit, but to the peduncle.

Output

Getting seeds from a crop you like is not too laborious. Do not be afraid to take the time to prepare the seed material yourself. Their seeds will be several times larger than store-bought ones, and therefore the harvest will be sweeter, healthier, larger and of better quality. The better you choose a plant for planting seeds, the better the resulting inflorescences will be.

Interesting information on how to get healthy beet seeds in this video:

In general, it is better to sow beets with a manual seeder. This greatly simplifies the process of thinning plantings in the future and prevents the consumption of seed.

Root crops like to grow on the edge of the garden. But

So,
Beetroot varieties "Bon-Bon" in terms of ripening is mid-season.
Beet root crops of the "Incomparable" variety are flat in shape, sometimes rounded flat. the skin is dark red with a transition to gray at the rosette of leaves.
Stored well.

How to plant beets in spring.

Root crops are round, with a smooth skin, with a small mass of leaves and with a short thin tail. Beet pulp has good taste, dark red color, no rings, excellent texture. Weight - up to 200g.

The skin is smooth, thin, fruit weight is from 100 g to 180 g, 10-12 centimeters in diameter.

With warm May, beets are planted in the second half, on the waning moon (see planting days in May)

When to sow beets in the spring.

The best beet variety for long-term storage is still Rocket with a growing cylindrical root crop.

Beets are one of the main vegetables that we plant and grow in the garden. Are there any subtleties in growing beets? There are, but there aren't many of them. However, by observing them, you are guaranteed to get a good harvest.
And in order for the seeds to give the first shoots as quickly as possible, more experienced gardeners use one effective method. In the garden, grooves are made with a slightly rammed bottom. Beet seeds are laid here. A layer of earth (0.5 cm) mixed with humus is poured over them. This layer is slightly pressed down, and another 1-2 cm of humus or peat is poured onto it. This way you can prevent the beds from drying out. And with late sowing, the bottom of the furrow must first be poured abundantly with water. Often summer residents for growing beets resort to transverse sowing. It is believed that caring for such beds is easier.

With what to plant beets?

How to plant beets?

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Beet varieties: F1 Pablo and Bon Bon, Egyptian, Detroit and incomparable

Vegetation period 120 days.

Variety "F1 Pablo"

Beets of this variety have a delicate pulp, dark red color with a burgundy tint, with darker rings, with good taste.

Variety of medium-late ripening, zoned in 1999, single-sprout. Used for farms and household plots.

Detroit round beets are suitable for early cultivation. The yield is high and stable, the variety is cold-resistant, the plants are resistant to flowering, they are well stored and suitable for canning.

The pulp is tender, dark red in color, not divided into rings. Taste qualities are good. Storage is excellent.

However, if you have sown beets and a cold snap has begun, covering material will help you. And remember, beetroot is one vegetable that tolerates transplants well. Therefore, if in the spring you planted the seeds thickly, you can row the bed, and then plant what turned out to be superfluous in a new place and get a good beet harvest.

To properly plant beets, you must first prepare the bed for planting. It should be loose and nutritious. For nutrition, add peat, manure humus or compost, sand, stove ash and a glass of dolomite flour to the garden bed.

Variety "Egyptian flat"

The first step is to choose the right beet variety for you, depending on when you want to harvest. do not neglect late varieties of beets and other vegetables. As a rule, late varieties are the most ripe, tasty and keeping. It is good to save such beets for the winter.

Seeds germinate already at a temperature of 4-5 ° C. Seedlings will hatch above the ground in 10-12 days. They can easily withstand small cold snaps.

If free space is formed, then “settle” carrots, onions, celery, kohlrabi, cucumbers or cauliflower in the center. Excellent predecessors of beets are all legumes, tomatoes, cucumbers, early potatoes, eggplants. But it is better to return the beets to their former place of growth no earlier than after 4 years. The entire bed for beets should be deeply dug up, cleared of weeds. Before sowing seeds, it is better to level the soil surface.

Variety "Detroit round"

When to start planting and how to properly care for a vegetable? Practice shows that it is better for an ordinary summer resident to grow beets using seeds. But planting beet seedlings is suitable only for the northern regions of our country - the Urals, Siberia. Choose the best method for yourself and get to work.

A plant with a small amount of foliage, medium height, fruits with a thin skin, rounded shape.

The mass of fruits is from 170 to 400 grams. The variety is resistant to cercoporosis. Stored well.

Variety "Beet Single Growth"

Seeds of this beet variety can be sown immediately in their place, without thinning. Productivity reaches up to 6 kg per sq. meter

The beet variety "Single-growth" is early ripe in terms of ripening, with a growing season of fruit growth and harvest from 80 to 130 days.

Variety "Pablo" is resistant to bolting, suitable for early cultivation of beets. Recommended for the Ural region.

You can also plant beets before winter. In this case, it is correct to plant beets in two terms. Sometimes seeds planted early freeze and do not germinate.

Avoid nitrogen fertilizers. It is not necessary to bring fresh manure into the bed for beets, from it voids may appear in the beets. It is advisable to prepare the bed in the fall.

The best varieties of beets for the Moscow region and the middle lane:

Variety "Mona"

Start preparing seedlings in mid-April. The best option for this is an insulated garden bed or a greenhouse. It is easy to build a warm bed. Dig a pit up to a depth of 35 cm and a width of up to 1.5 m. Here you need to lay manure to get a high bed that rises 15-20 cm above the ground. A layer of soil (15-20 cm) is poured on top. If everything is done correctly, then for a very long time the manure will generate heat to heat the beets.

Table beet, since its seeds are quite dense and swell for a long time, a lot of moisture is needed for germination. That is why many summer residents, before planting seed material in open ground, pre-prepare it. In this case, the first shoots will appear much faster and will continue to grow together.

You can sow beets on the beds at different periods. Which option to choose will depend on how long the beets of your chosen variety sprout, and on whether you plan to store the harvested root crops in the winter.

Beet pulp without rings, bright red, tasty.

Beet variety "Cylinder" of the Netherlands selection (Reuss Sluys), medium late ripening, root growth goes up to 130 days.

Variety "Incomparable A 463"

Root crops are cylindrical in shape, grow with a mass of up to 400 grams, with a smooth skin, aligned in shape.

The yield of beets of the Odnorostkovaya variety is quite high, especially since the fruits begin to go into use earlier than other varieties.

Egyptian flat beet variety is high-yielding with an average ripening period (110-130 days), recommended for consumption in the autumn-winter period.

Beets of any variety, having potassium, folic acid and vitamin C, have a beneficial effect not only on the digestive system, but also on the human immune system. Young leaves can be used in cooking like spinach - they are also rich in beta-carotene, iron and calcium.

Variety "Cylinder"

After the bed is ready, draw grooves on it with a stick and lay out the seeds according to a pattern of 8-10 cm from each other. It is best to grow beets in a narrow bed in two rows. So that each plant receives enough light and room to grow.

Early beet varieties - First harvest,

It is better to sow beet seeds for seedlings pre-sprouted. Seeding rates in this case are exactly the same as in the previous case. If frosts return, beet seedlings can be covered with a film or non-woven material on top for additional protection.

But before germinating seeds, take a look at their packaging. Often, manufacturers supply already specially prepared material to store shelves that does not need to be soaked. And flooding them with water or special means, thereby destroying such "protection", is very unreasonable.

Variety "F1 Bon-Bon"

There are several options: End of April-beginning of May. For fresh use of a vegetable, it is better to choose its early varieties. And if at the same time you buy seeds of cold-resistant beets, then you can start planting them in open ground even earlier - when the soil in the beds warms up to + 5 ... + 6 ° С. It is the planting of beets in the spring that is most relevant for Russian summer residents. First half of June. Those root crops that you are going to send for winter storage in the future are best planted later - so they will have time to fully ripen and grow stronger by the end of the season. Winter sowing. In order to enjoy fresh vegetables at the beginning of spring, you can sow beets under the snow. At the same time, choose cold-resistant beet varieties that are resistant to bolting.

If the beets are grown for storage, then the seeds are sown from April to June, and if the beets are used for canning small fruits, then the seeds of the beets are sown from June 15 to July 15.

The fruits of the beet "Cylinder" are aligned, elongated, in the form of a cylinder, grow in weight from 180 to 600 g, up to 4-7 cm in diameter. Immersion in the soil reaches 1/4 or 1/3 of the length (length up to 20 cm), while the roots are easily pulled out of the ground.

Immersion of beet fruits in the soil by a third of its length. The taste is good, the pulp is tender, juicy, the color is dark red, there are no rings or they are weakly expressed.

A feature of the variety is the presence of one and two-seed fruitlets, which allows for minimal thinning of beet sprouts in the initial period of cultivation.

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Root crops are flat, up to 8 cm in height, grow in weight from 300 to 500 g, the color of the fruit is red-violet. The pulp is juicy, tender, pink-red, the taste is good. Beets of the Pablo F1 variety are high-yielding, with a friendly return of root crops, with tender, red pulp, they do not have rings on the cut.

Do not rush to plant beet seedlings in the ground or sow them in open ground before the end of frost. If the beets fall at an early age, not only under frost, but even under a cold snap of up to 3-4 degrees, it will go into the arrow or give a small, hard-stone root crop. Medium maturity - Mulatto, Matrona, Patrick, Monocle, Wodan, Pablo, Seedlings are moved to a permanent place with the onset of a stable warm temperature outside. By this time, as a rule, the sprouts are already in the 4–6 leaf phase. Beets tolerate transplanting well, but try to do all the work as carefully as possible so as not to damage the main root. The optimal norm of plant density per 1 m2 in the seedling stage is 40-45 plants.

When to plant beets?

Soaking beet seeds can be done in several ways: Seeds are soaked in ordinary warm water for 2-3 days, and then dried. A special solution is prepared for soaking - wood ash, superphosphate, baking soda (1 tsp each) are diluted in water (1 l). After soaking for a couple of hours, the seeds are rinsed under water and kept in a damp cloth for 2-3 days. Do not forget that germinated seeds should be sown in open ground only in moist soil! Otherwise, the sprouts will die.

For planting beets, choose well-lit areas of the garden. However, even in shaded places, subject to other conditions, a vegetable can produce good yields. Table beets are not very picky about the soil on which they grow. But an important condition is light, fertile, neutral soil. An acidic environment will lead to the fact that the plant will not produce large fruits and abundant green mass during the season. You yourself can determine if the soil in the area is acidic. For example, such weeds as horsetail, plantain, Ivan da Marya, better than any laboratory tests, signal the increased acidity of the soil. In addition, beetroot produces pure red tops when grown in acidic soils, while under normal conditions it should produce green, red-veined leaves. Regular watering with lime mortar will help to neutralize the earth before planting the plant here. However, this can also be done when the beets are already growing in the garden.

Preparing the soil for planting beets

Beetroot

The beetroot has a thin skin, the flesh is dark red in color without rings, it tastes tender, juicy and sweet.

A variety of beets suitable for obtaining the earliest products (beam), both for storage and for processing. Root crops are either round or round-flat in shape, with a fruit weight of 300 to 600 grams.Egyptian flat beetroot is resistant to flowering, moderately drought-resistant, the yield is from 3 to 8 kg per square meter. Well kept.

Is it necessary to soak beet seeds before planting?

This is a hybrid from the Bejo-Zaden selection of medium early ripening from 78 to 110 days.

If May is cold, then it would be better to plant beet seedlings in early June.

Beets with a flat root crop - Cairo, Egyptian flat, Bettina,

Planting beet seeds

I love DETROIT! And Dutch varieties!

Many amateur gardeners make the big mistake of planting beet seeds too deep into the ground. But because of the lack of oxygen under the soil layer, the sprouts may not hatch. Yes, and sowing the seeds too small, you can not expect anything good - they will either be blown away by the wind, or they will dry in the sun. The optimal norms for deepening the seed material are 2 cm for heavy soil, and 3-4 cm for light soil. Leave a distance of 5-8 cm between the holes, and 18-30 cm between the rows.

As for fertilizing the site before sowing beets, then you can use ordinary wood ash. And if the soil in previous years was not fertilized with organic matter, then apply compost or humus to the beds immediately before planting (3 kg per 1 m2). Do you already have fertile soil? Then, during the spring digging of the garden, add ammonium nitrate, superphosphate and potassium chloride - this is quite enough for the normal growth of beets. When preparing for sowing beds, do not overdo it with nitrates, since root crops, literally like a sponge, absorb all the “chemistry.”

- one of the most beloved root crops by Russian summer residents. They are tasty and very healthy, suitable for long-term storage and suitable for canning. You can't do without this vegetable in the kitchen! Moreover, not only fruits are used for food, but also the tops of a cultivated plant, which contains no less vitamins. To start harvesting beets from mid-July, you need to choose the right variety, taking into account the time of planting and the climatic conditions of the region. And immediately after sowing the beets, the plant must be surrounded by care, providing it with good care. The cultivation of beets, despite its apparent simplicity, will give the summer resident good results only if the basic rules of planting and care are followed.

According to the ripening period, beets are divided into early, mid-ripening and late. For winter storage, the second and third are suitable. Early and ultra-early beets are good because they ripen in 2-3 months, but they lie poorly.

Using personal experience and feedback from gardeners from the forum, I will describe the best productive varieties of beets.

The best early beet varieties: description, reviews, photos

Beet Egyptian flat, characteristic

Early ripe (from germination to harvest 95-115 days) beet variety. Root crops are flat-round, dark red, weighing 200-400 g. The flesh is red with a purple tint, juicy, good taste.

Variety advantages: stable yield, resistance to drought and flowering, suitability for long-term storage.

Egyptian flat glass is suitable for all types of culinary processing. In good growing conditions, it does not have white rings on the cut.

Egyptian flat beet yield: 5 - 8.3 kg per 1 sq. meter (subject to the agricultural technology of this crop).

Beet Red ball improved

Ultra-early (72-78 days from germination to harvest) high-yielding beet variety. Root crops are even, rounded, weighing 150-250 grams. Their flesh is dark red, tender, juicy, sweet, almost without rings, quickly cooked.

Variety advantages: friendly return of the crop, high commercial qualities, good keeping quality.

Beet yield Red ball: 3 - 6 kg of root crops from 1 square. landing meters.

Beet Bordeaux 237

Mid-early variety (the period from full shoots to technical ripeness is 95-110 days). Root crops are rounded, weighing 200-500 g, with dark red pulp and excellent taste.

Variety advantages: comparative heat resistance, high yield in all weather conditions, good keeping quality during winter storage. Recommended for use in cooking and for processing. Due to the rapid overgrowth of root crops, later and thickened crops are recommended.

Bordeaux beet yield 237: 4-8 kg per 1 sq.m.

Beet cold resistant 19

Medium-early beet variety, the period from full shoots to technical ripeness is 66-76 days. Root crops are flat-rounded, dark red, smooth, weighing 150-220 g. The pulp is juicy, tender, with excellent taste.

The variety is suitable for growing on a bunch during winter and early spring sowing. Used fresh, for processing and long-term storage.

Variety advantages: cold resistance, suitability for winter sowing, resistance to flowering, good keeping quality.

Productivity of beet grade Cold-resistant 19: 4-7 kg per 1 sq.m.

Mid-season varieties of beets: description, photo

Bohemia beet, characteristic

Mid-season variety (70-80 days pass from the moment of germination to ripening) of table beet. Root crops are rounded and flat-rounded, with a maroon color. The flesh is maroon, juicy and tender, without rings, with excellent taste. The weight of one fruit is 300-500 g.

Advantages of the Bohemian variety: resistance to cercosporosis and tsvetushnost, does not require thinning, good keeping quality.

Subject to agricultural technology for this crop, root crops do not have light rings in the cut.

Bohemian beet yield- up to 4.8 kg from 1 sq.m.

Beet Bona

High-yielding mid-season beet variety (the period from germination to harvest is 115-120 days). Root crops are rounded, large, aligned, smooth, dark red. The flesh is colored evenly, without rings, has excellent taste.

Variety advantages: large root crops have high commercial qualities and good keeping quality.

Bona beet yield: 5.5 - 6.8 kg per 1 sq.m.

Beetroot Detroit, photo

The most common mid-season variety of table beets (100-110 days pass from the moment of germination to ripening). Root crops of the correct, rounded shape, the same size, with a smooth skin, rich red color, without rings. The weight of root crops is about 250 g. The rosette of leaves is not dense.

Variety benefits: resistance to bolting, high yield, even fruits with good commercial qualities, excellent keeping quality. Suitable for both long-term storage and processing.

Beet yield Detroit: 3.6 - 6.9 kg per 1 sq. meters of plantings (subject to the agricultural technology of this crop).

Beet Incomparable A 463

Mid-early, high-yielding, cold-resistant beet variety, 70-100 days pass from germination to harvest.

Root crops are rounded and flat-rounded, weighing 170-400 g, dark red with a burgundy tint.

Variety advantages: cold-resistant, resistant to tsvetushnosti and tserkosporoz. Has good keeping quality.

Agrotechnics of this crop: sowing seeds May 1-15, sowing scheme 30 x 7 cm, harvesting July 25 - September 5.

Beet yield Incomparable A 463: 2.9 - 7.0 kg per 1 sq.m.

Beet Mulatto

A new mid-season variety (from germination to harvest 120-130 days).

Root crops are rounded, leveled, smooth, maroon in color, weighing 150-350 g. The flesh is red, without rings, juicy, tender, with excellent taste. Retains color during heat treatment. Ideal for winter storage.

Sowing seeds into the ground in late April - early May to a depth of 2-4 cm, with row spacing of 25-30 cm and a distance between seeds of 7-8 cm.

Beet yield Mulatto: 2.5-4.4 kg of root crops per 1 sq.m.

The best late beet varieties: description, photo, reviews

Beetroot Renova, characteristic

Late-ripening, high-yielding variety with long cylindrical dark pink roots. From mass shoots to technical ripeness, 100-110 days pass.

Root crops are aligned, weighing 180-350 g, with dark purple juicy, tender, dense pulp, without rings.

Variety advantages: good keeping quality for 6-7 months, while not losing taste.

Renova beet yield: 7-9 kg per 1 sq.m.

Beet Cylinder

Medium-late (120-130 days) beet variety. Root crops are cylindrical, 5-9 cm in diameter and 10-16 cm long, weighing 180-250 g, with a thin skin. The flesh is juicy, sweet, dark red, without white rings.

The Cylinder variety is distinguished by good keeping quality and resistance to the main beet diseases. It has excellent taste qualities.

This is the most popular variety among Russian gardeners.

Cylinder beet yield: 7-10 kg per 1 sq.m.

Beets prefer fertile sandy soils. Seeds are sown in the ground in the second half of May. Seeding depth 2-4 cm, distance between rows 30 cm, between seeds 7-8 cm.

Beets are responsive to the introduction of potash fertilizers, ash. During the entire growing season, row spacing, weeding, and thinning of seedlings are carried out. Beets are watered depending on weather conditions, it does not tolerate waterlogging.

For winter sowing, seeds are sown at the end of October to a depth of 4-6 cm.

The best predecessors for beets are early potatoes, onions, cucumbers, pumpkins, zucchini.

We invite you to leave your feedback about the varieties of beets that you like in the comments. So you share information with other gardeners who do not yet have much experience in gardening. Everyone wants to plant the most delicious beet varieties with good yields.

Beetroot is a tasty and healthy root crop that rightfully occupies a place in the beds of amateur vegetable growers. It belongs to biennials: in order to get seed, you need to plant beets of the last crop in the spring in the ground. But now, there are hardly many vegetable growers who plant beets for seeds. It is much easier and more convenient to buy beet seeds in specialized retail outlets, online stores, where a wide variety of varieties and hybrids are presented, allowing you to get a bountiful harvest.

A bit of history

Beets arrived in our beds from Byzantium in the 10th century, and about 3 millennia before that, they began to be cultivated in the Mediterranean countries. However, for a whole millennium, beetroot has been considered a native Russian vegetable. The common beet has taken root and entered our culture so well thanks to its main advantages:

beets are very unpretentious in care - even a novice summer resident can easily grow them;
beets adapt to a variety of climatic conditions - in the middle lane, in southern latitudes, and even in the sharply continental climate of Siberia;
beets are perfectly stored, providing the family with vitamins all year round;
There are so many different ways to use the rhizomes and leaves of this amazing vegetable that even the most experienced housewives always have a chance to learn something new about its preparation.

How is beetroot grown

As is the case with most vegetables, seedlings and beetroot seeds can be planted both in a greenhouse and in. But, since the beets do not need greenhouse conditions in the summer, and the harvested crop is perfectly preserved throughout the winter, there is no need for greenhouse plantings, and most often it is grown directly in open ground. Speaking of soil - like temperature conditions, the types of soil for growing beets are very different - from peat and sand-rich to loam. Perhaps the heaviest clay soil is not suitable.

Variety differences

Different varieties of beets can vary quite a lot not only in taste, but also in how they are used. And it is not surprising that the largest, juiciest and sweetest beets ripen the longest and endure long-term storage better than all other varieties. The terms of maturation of table beet ordinary are as follows:

— from 2 to 5 months; planted in the ground at the end of April, as well as before winter, in November;
— from 5 to 7 months; planted in the ground in early May, ripens around September;
— from 7 to 9 months; planted in the ground at the end of May, ripens during the autumn, harvesting occurs in September - November.

Early beets are used in culinary dishes, as well as raw and for juicing. Medium-ripened beets, in addition, are suitable for preserving vegetables, and late beets can also be used for long-term winter storage at home, this can be an ordinary cellar.

Not everyone knows, but not only root vegetables are edible in this vegetable, but also leaves, which are excellent ingredients for salads. In addition, beet leaves chopped with greens mixed with cheese serve as a wonderful filling for pies. Root vegetables are used both boiled and raw. But, in addition to nutritional value, beets also have many healing properties, thanks to which they spread many centuries ago as a vegetable crop.

Beet seeds of agricultural firm Gavrish

Growing does not require much labor, especially if high-quality seed is selected. In the catalog of products of the agricultural company Gavrish, beets are far from the last place. An extensive assortment includes both various varieties of root crops and hybrids that are highly resistant to diseases and pests of the crop, allowing you to get a high yield.

Additional Information

The Gavrish online store offers a large selection of seeds with delivery throughout Russia. You can buy beet seeds from us at a price of 7 rubles.

We offer only high-quality products of leading Russian manufacturers, as well as the supply of seeds from breeding foreign companies in Holland, Germany and France. A wide range of products allows you to pick up seeds at a price of 7 rubles. up to 760 rubles Deliveries are made regularly and without delay.

Beet seeds (more than 163 items) can be ordered on-line on the website by calling 8-495-902-77-18, as well as purchased (pre-order required) at our office at: 127018, Moscow, st. Skladochnaya, 3, building 5

Beets are a vegetable crop that has a positive effect on the human body. It contains a huge number of valuable microorganisms: potassium, phosphorus, vitamin C. The young leaves of this plant can be used in cooking in the same way as spinach leaves. The reason is the high content of iron, calcium. But to get a guaranteed high yield, you need to know which varieties and good crop seeds will take root perfectly in your area in the open field.

Good varieties for growing in open ground in Siberia

In Siberia, gardeners actively grow beets, as they are not afraid of cold climate conditions. But this does not mean that any variety of culture can be used. Breeders have specially developed planting material for planting in the region in question. What then you can plant in your garden can be found from.

Siberian Flat

Refers to the early maturing. Beets have a flat shape, and the mass of one root crop reaches 200-300 g. It is characterized by excellent resistance to cold, various fungal and viral ailments.

Beets are characterized by excellent taste.

Bordeaux 237

The most suitable for growing in Siberia. You can get a good harvest even under bad weather conditions. The plant tolerates heat well; in winter, during long-term storage, it retains its presentation.

single-growth

Allows you to get a crop later than the required time. It has a spherical shape. The mass of the root crop is 300-600 g. The culture is characterized by excellent yield and keeping quality. In addition, the plant can resist flowering. Due to its excellent taste and beautiful appearance, this product is actively used for cooking various dishes.

Incomparable

Refers to the middle. A characteristic feature of the plant is its excellent yield. The culture perfectly resists cold, harvesting takes place in 70-100 days. The vegetable has an oval shape, burgundy color. The mass of one root crop is 150-420 g. When growing this crop, you can not worry that it will be affected by cercosporosis, since this variety has a strong immunity to the disease.

Cold resistant - 19

Mid-season. Harvesting can take place at 60-75 days. Product weight 250 g. Their surface is smooth and dark red in color.

The pulp is quite sleepy and tender, so you can use the vegetable to get various dishes.

Can be used for winter or early planting. During long-term storage, it retains its presentation.

Podzimnyaya beet

This variety is used for medium early planting. The fruits are round in shape. The mass of the root crop reaches 200-400 g. The product has a beautiful burgundy color. The culture is cold-resistant and has immunity to various plant diseases. Find out about varieties of carrots for winter storage in the basement.

For the Urals

If you need to get early fruiting in the Urals, then you should use the following varieties:

egyptian flat,
Darkie,
Bikores,
Wodan F1.

When growing the considered varieties, it is possible to obtain sufficiently large fruits already in mid-July. The shelf life of such products is short. They can be stored until December. You can use the root crop fresh or for conservation.

For growing beets in the Urals, Bordeaux 237 is in great demand. The culture is early ripening. Harvesting occurs at 100-110 days. This root crop has a rounded shape, and the flesh is presented in a dark red color.

For winter use, you should pay attention to the following varieties: Mulatto, Slavyanka, Detroit. They can be stored under proper conditions until the harvest, and their appearance does not deteriorate at all.

For the Moscow region and the middle lane

Beets are one of the most common vegetable crops in the Moscow region. Its characteristic advantages are resistance to cold and unpretentiousness in care. It is sown in the ground one of the first, but it manages to form a root crop even before the cold weather. He will tell about the best varieties of radishes for the Moscow region.

F1 Pablo

This variety allows you to get a high yield, which is characterized by early ripening of root crops. The flesh is tender and red, there are no rings on the cut. Harvesting takes place at 78-110 days.

The shape of the product is round, even, the color is dark red, there is a thin tail.

The surface is smooth, thin, one fruit weighs 100-180 g. During storage, the presentation and excellent taste are preserved. The presented variety resists bolting, can be used for early cultivation of beets.

Egyptian flat

This variety is characterized by its high yield. Fruit picking can occur for 110-130 days. Apply in the autumn-winter period. Root crops have a flat shape, their color is red-violet. The weight of one product is 300-500 g. The taste of the pulp is pyrite and delicate. The variety in question is immune to flowering. From 1 m2 it is possible to get 3-8 kg of root crops. This variety is suitable for long term storage.

Detroit Round

The presented variety is a product of Italian selection. Fruit picking occurs at 80-120 days. Beet pulp has an unsurpassed taste and aroma. The vegetable itself is round in shape, has a smooth surface. The mass of one root crop is 200 g. The crop under consideration can be used to obtain an early harvest. The variety is able to withstand the cold. There is a resistance to tsvetushnost. It has a long shelf life, suitable for conservation.

Beetroot

When using this variety, the harvest can be obtained ahead of time. Harvesting of root crops occurs at 80-130 days. Has a high yield. A characteristic feature of the culture is the presence of one- and two-seeded fruits, thanks to which it is possible to carry out a slight thinning of the sprouts. The root crop has a round shape, the weight of one is 300-600 g. The taste of the pulp is at the highest level, its color is maroon.

Mona

The culture belongs to the middle late. Apply to farms and personal plots. From 1 m2 it is possible to get 6 kg of crop. Root crops are presented in the form of a cylinder, their weight is 400 g. The surface is smooth. The pulp has a delicate and sweet taste, very juicy. The product is used for cooking various dishes, as well as for processing.

Incomparable A 463

The variety is mid-season, harvesting takes place on 70-100 days. The culture is characterized by high fruiting even in cold weather. The shape of the vegetable is flat, the surface is smooth, has a dark red color.

Beets have tender, juicy flesh. Its color is burgundy, there are dark rings.

The mass of one root crop reaches 170-400 g. Resists cercoporosis, suitable for long-term storage.

Cylinder

The variety is medium-late, the collection of root crops occurs on the 130th day. The shape is flat, presented in the form of a cylinder. The mass of one is 180-600 g. There is a thin skin, the pulp is sweet and juicy, there are no rings. This variety is suitable for long-term storage and canning.
F1 Bon-Bon

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This variety is mid-season. Harvesting can take place on the 120th day. This culture is characterized by a small amount of foliage, has an average growth. The fruits have a thin skin and a rounded shape. The pulp is tasty, tender and juicy, there are no rings, its color is bright red.

Beetroot is a product that is unique in its qualities. You can grow it together with beets in various regions of Russia. The reason for such widespread cultivation is that the culture is cold-resistant, high-yielding and perfectly resists various ailments.