Top dressing of beets

Feeding in the cultivation of any crops in the horticultural area is used to increase the yield. It effectively affects virtually any plant, it is important only to know which fertilizers should be used. In this article, we will consider what top dressing it is better to use when growing beets, and at what time it should be carried out in order to be most effective.

How can I feed beetroot?

Top dressing is an important part of the care of beet plantings in the open ground, and for its use substances that are not enough for the normal development of root vegetables.

Gardeners recommend adding fertilizer three times:

1. The first fertilizing is carried out after thinning the plantations, when the beet becomes the size of a walnut. In this case, you can apply a solution of Mullein diluted in proportions 1 to 8 or mineral fertilizers (30 g of the preparation "Ecofosca" and 1 cup of wood ash diluted in 10 liters of water).
2. 2 nd fertilizing - 2 weeks after the first. Most often, wood ash is carried with micronutrients added to it.
3. The third fertilizing - is carried out after the tops are closed in the aisles, it is recommended to make potassium-phosphorus fertilizers.

Also, the quality of the beet is favorably affected by foliar top dressing.

Addition of beetroot salt

To increase the sugar content of root crops, beets should be fed with sodium. This can be done with a solution of ordinary table salt (250 grams per 10 liters of water). You can water them two or three times a summer: the first - after the formation of the 6th leaf, the second - when the root crop appears above the ground, the third - after 14 days.

Addition of beetroot with boric acid

Beetroot for normal growth requires boron. If you grow it on sandy or sandy loamy soil, it simply needs to be introduced. To do this, dilute 10 g of boric acid, diluting in 10 liters of hot water (in the cold it just does not dissolve) and watered the bushes. It is best to carry out such beet top dressing in July. On other types soil is not necessary, it will be enough to process the seeds before planting.

But trying to get a big beet crop, it is not recommended to exceed the norm of organic fertilizers, as in this case the root crop will be small or not tied at all.

If the color of beet tops changes, this is a sure sign of a shortage of important trace elements: redness - potassium and magnesium, sodium lightens, darkens - phosphorus, yellow turns - iron. When you make the necessary fertilizing, the normal color of the leaves is restored.