What experienced gardeners water beets with to make them grow sweet: not everyone knows about these tricks

29.06.2023 16:31

If you don’t want your beets to grow tasteless, you should carry out special nutritious watering in a timely manner.

With the help of some fertilizers, you can really grow incredibly sugary and tasty beets.

Most often, summer residents remember about fertilizing with salt, notes Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer. This option is effective, but not the only one.

What else can you pour over beets for a pleasant sweet taste?

Boric acid

Many experts consider this method to be the most successful, so it is definitely worth trying. You should take no more than a spoon of boric acid per bucket of water.

The mixture is used for leaf treatment.

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By the way, such beets will be stored very well after harvesting.

Potassium permanganate solution

Experienced gardeners know that the product can be safely used 3-4 times during the summer. It is necessary to prepare a weak solution of potassium permanganate (no more than one small spoon of the substance per ten liters).

This product also protects beets from various diseases.

Marina Michalap Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor


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  1. What else can you pour over beets for a pleasant sweet taste?
  2. Boric acid
  3. Potassium permanganate solution