Bordeon beets seeds, 2.5 g

Medium-early variety (period from sowing to technical ripeness 95-110 days). The root crops are rounded and rounded, weighing 250-500g, immersion in the soil at 1/3-1/2 heights, which facilitates and simplifies cleaning. Productivity up to 7.9 kg/m². The pulp is intense dark red, delicate, juicy, sweet, sugary, without ring. Heading up to 97%. Resistant to flowering and disease. It has high drought tolerance. It is used as a dietary product in fresh, stewed form, as a seasoning for the first and second dishes, in canned form for the preparation of borsch and marinades. The presence of betaine in beets helps to reduce blood pressure, improve fat metabolism. It is useful for renal failure, atherosclerosis, intestinal diseases.

Values ​​of the variety: very high yields, boring, resistance to flowering and diseases, drought tolerance.

Sowing: prefers rich, fertile soils with a neutral reaction. On heavy soils, beets need to be grown on ridges. Cold -resistant. Separately. The best predecessors are legumes, cucumber, onions, tomato, eggplant, pepper. In the fall, humus is applied to the site, if necessary, the soil is lime, in the spring, complex mineral fertilizer is added. Seeds are sown in late April-early May to a depth of 2-4cm in rows. Landing scheme 45-60*8-10cm. The most favorable temperature for the growth of root crops is 15-23 ° C.

Care: loosening of aisles, weeding, leaning out, protection against pests and diseases. The first time is thinned out simultaneously with the weeding in the phase of the first pair of real leaves. There should be a distance of 2-3cm between plants in the row. The second time the beets are thinned out when it has 4-5 real leaves, leaving the distance between the plants of 4-6 cm, choosing the largest plants. The third thinning must be carried out until mid-August, leaving plants in a row at a distance of 6-8 cm. It is better to thin out after watering or rain. Twice are fed with complex mineral fertilizers - at the beginning and in the middle of the growing season. Water depending on weather conditions.