When to harvest beets

Beet harvest time

In the first year after beet planting, it is still in the vegetative growth stage and cannot bloom and bear fruit. It is harvested in September and October of the following year when most of the old leaves turn yellow and wither, the leaf clusters are sparse, the leaves are slanted or creeping, the tubers grow slowly or stop growing, and the sugar purity reaches about 85%.

Beet Origin

The main sugar beet producing areas in my country include Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Xinjiang, Jilin, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia and several other provinces and autonomous regions. The harvest period in Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning is from late September to mid-October, in Inner Mongolia it is mid-October, and in Xinjiang it is late October. The specific harvest time depends on the growth of the sugar beets.

Beet planting time and key points

1. Planting time

Sugar beets are planted at different times in different regions. They are sown in early April in Heilongjiang and eastern Inner Mongolia, in mid-April in central and western Inner Mongolia, and in early to mid-April in most parts of Xinjiang.

2. Soil selection

Soil is the basis for the growth of beets. If you want beets to grow well, the soil needs to be very fertile. At the same time, the root system of beets is relatively developed, so a relatively thick soil layer is needed. At the same time, beets require more water during growth, so the irrigation conditions of the land need to be convenient, and the organic matter content in the soil must be rich. These are the basic conditions for the land required to grow beets.

3. Temperature control

When the temperature stabilizes at five degrees, you can start planting beets. Generally, at least fifteen kilograms of seeds are needed per hectare of field. After sowing the seeds in the field, they need to be covered tightly with soil. When planting, it is best to choose manual sowing, so that you can better control the distance between each seed.