Organic seed - Beet chioggia

The chioggia beet has a white flesh with alternating pink and white concentric circles, sweet and mild.

Family : Amaranthaceae

Latin name : Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Genus reproducible seeds

Weight : 1.5 g

Sowing and harvesting schedule:

How to grow chioggia beet?

Soil maintenance: rich, deeply loosened soil to avoid forked roots. Bury composted manure in the fall. Sensitive to frost.

Exposure: sunny.

Sowing: 3 cm deep in the ground, thin out to keep only one plant every 15 cm

Emergence: in 8 to 10 days.

Watering moderate but regular in summer in case of high heat. The roots become fibrous due to lack of water.

Associated culture: the beet appreciates the company of kohlrabi, lettuce, onion, dwarf bean and herbs such as dill and savory.

Harvest: from sowing to planting, it takes 5 to 8 weeks. Count on 4½ to 5 months of cultivation from sowing to harvest.

Conservation: the latest can be stored in sand (in cool, dry and ventilated places: cellar). To do this cut the foliage flush with the collar, and shorten the tapered part of the root.

Origin: beet has been known as a vegetable since antiquity.