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Baby Leaf Beet Greens | Key Growing Information
How to grow beet greens for baby leaf: soil and pH, sowing depth and density, succession planting, preventing leaf spot, and cutting for regrowth.
By Hensley’s Seed Co.
Baby Leaf Beet Greens - Key Growing Information
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Beta vulgaris
CULTURE:
Beets grow best in light or loamy ground with a pH above 6.0. They can be sown all season, but cool, mild weather suits them best. DAYS TO MATURITY: Counted from emergence of direct-sown seed.
DIRECT SEEDING:
From mid-spring through late summer (or into fall where winters are mild), plant 1/4–1/2" deep at 2–4 seeds per inch, in rows 2" or more apart.
AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE:
About 4,000 seeds per 100'; 1 oz. sows roughly 45'.
SUCCESSION PLANTING:
Plant about every two weeks for a steady harvest, stopping about 4 weeks before the first hard frost.
INSECT PESTS & DISEASE:
Crop rotation helps prevent Cercospora leaf spot along with other diseases and pests.
HARVEST:
Use a knife to cut leaves once they reach about 3–6", roughly an inch above the soil and above the basal plate so plants regrow cleanly. The next cutting is usually ready in 5–14 days, depending on variety.
SIZED SEEDS:
Sized seed has been graded to a uniform size, which gives more precise spacing in mechanical seeders and a more even stand. Our beet seed is sized unless the product description says otherwise.
SEEDS/LB.:
About 37,000 on average.PACKET: 350 seeds per packet, enough for about 10'.
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