How to Plant Beets in Spring: Mistakes of Beginner Gardeners
Mistakes in the garden that went unnoticed when planting vegetable crops will definitely remind you of themselves, if not during harvesting, then during storage.
We will tell you how to sow beets in spring so that you don’t have to regret it later. This is one of the demanding root crops.
Firstly, in order to sow beets in the spring, the soil for them had to be prepared in the fall.
Secondly, you can increase the chances of a rich harvest if you plant beet seedlings in the beds, not seeds. But again, the soil should be prepared in the fall.
Soil
As has already become clear, for root crops the main thing is not the growing method, but the condition of the soil.
Therefore, it is necessary to have a minimal understanding of the condition of the soil.
If it is heavy clay soil, then peat should be added in advance. The norm is considered to be 3 kilograms per 1 square meter.
In an acidic environment, you can’t do without dolomite flour.
Sandstones require humus, which is added in the amount of 10 liters per square meter of soil. In this case, superphosphate and potassium sulfate are also added.
But if you add fresh manure, you can certainly infect the soil with fungal diseases. When sowing beets with seeds in this case, the shoots will be uneven, weak, if they appear at all. Summer residents recommend using only 2-3-year-old humus.
Thus, having prepared the soil properly, you can harvest a rich beet crop, regardless of whether seedlings were planted or seeds were sown.
