Beetroot (Beta vulgaris)

ROTATION

Beetroot is grown in the root vegetable or leaf vegetable bed.

Seeds are sown in March in a cold frame during a waning crescent moon.
They can be sown directly in place in May for a winter conservation.

Betroot appreciates being grown near cauliflower but dislikes being near potatoes, tomatoes and carrots.

Mildew, rust and beet yellow virus (spray with lithothamme powder) are the principal diseases.
Blackfly and white grub are the principal pests.

It is a vegetable which stores well during winter in a cellar or silo.