At the end of summer, many gardeners notice yellowing of beet leaf blades.
Some summer residents begin to panic in this situation.
They believe that the plant needs to be saved urgently.
However, the expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh is in a hurry to reassure such summer residents: most likely, there is no need to take measures.
The fact is that yellowing of beet tops in August is a completely normal phenomenon.
Why do beet leaves turn yellow at the end of summer?
In most cases, this is just a sign of aging of the leaf blades of a popular garden crop.
The process is completely natural.
Thus, there is no need to perform any “rescue” procedures.
Other possible causes of yellowing leaves
However, you can't relax completely. It's possible that it's not a matter of age-related changes.
Perhaps the plant has encountered some disease. For example, cercospora leaf spot.
The garden crop is really sick if the leaves not only start to turn yellow, but also become covered with spots and dry out at the edges.
In such a situation, you still need to save the beets. But it's quite simple: you just need to use fungicides.
Also remember if you are watering too often. The latter should be moderate. Over-moistening the soil in the beet bed is fraught with deterioration of the plant's condition.
And in the second half of August, the moisture deficit should be replenished only after the soil has become completely dry.
It is possible that the yellowing of the tops is also due to a lack of nitrogen. But this point is worth paying attention to, rather, in the first half of summer. In August, nitrogen fertilizers can harm beets.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
