La Semence Bio - Beet

BETTERAVE Crapaudine

Description
The Crapaudine beet forms a cylindrical root with rough skin which resembles a toad skin as its name indicates.
Its gustatory quality is exceptional.
Late season with very good shelf life.

Cultivation guide
Cultivation: rich soil, deeply loosened.
To avoid having forked roots, bury the composted manure in autumn. Sensitive to frost.

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

Emergence: in 8 to 10 days.

Sowing and harvesting dates :
- Mild winter : Sow in February. Harvest : from June.
- Very cold winter : Sowing : from June. Harvesting : from September.
- Temperate winter: Sowing : from March. Harvesting : from July.

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

Cultivation practice
Beets require rich, deeply loosened soil that is well fumee.
The seeds are enclosed in a corky glomerulus.
This glomerule will give several plants.
It will be necessary to thin out after having sown in place to 3-4 cm of depth. Thin to 10-15 cm depending on the variety.
In order to avoid having forked roots, make sure to bury the well-composted manure in the fall.
Beet is sensitive to Boron deficiency.

Beet should be eaten raw (grated) in order to keep all its nutritional properties.
The latest can be stored in sand (in cool, dry and ventilated places: silo or cellar).
To do this, cut the foliage flush with the collar, and shorten the tapered part of the root.
It is a root vegetable that is sensitive to frost.

The advice and suggestions are given as an indication only and therefore do not include a guarantee of harvest.