Beetroot is a tasty and healthy vegetable that is appreciated by many fans of healthy eating.
But if the fruits themselves are useful for food, then the gardener needs the tops of this plant.
After all, nothing goes to waste with a good owner.
The fact is that this root crop reacts very sharply to the amount of boron in the soil.
If there is not enough of this element, the leaves become smaller and develop poorly.
Many fertilizers for beets contain boron, the vegetable itself also actively absorbs this element. It remains in the leaves. Therefore, it is not worth getting rid of the remains of the plant. The tops can be embedded in a tomato bed to saturate the fragile crop with additional nutrition.
In addition, it is worth remembering that beets are an excellent “test” for determining the pH level of the selected area of land.
For example, if the leaves are red, then the soil is quite acidic, and if the leaves are red not over the entire surface, but only along the veins, then this indicates slightly acidic soil.
How do you know if the soil is neutral? In this case, you can see green beet leaves with red petioles.
