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Beet
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biennial or annual root vegetable of the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family). The beet (Beta vulgaris) has been cultivated since pre-Christian times.
Beet
Planting: Beets (Beta vulgaris) are cool-season plants that grow best at temperatures between 60 and 65 °F. The optimum soil temperature for seed germination is 55 to 75 °F.
Cilian Beet
By Lou Paun
Cilian Beet (Beta) - B. cicla variegata is a variety of common Beet, the leaves being more than 3 feet long, vivid in color, their midribs varying from dark waxy orange to vivid crimson. The plant should be sown in a ...
Beet, Common Barberry, Epine-Vinette, Epine-Vinette Commune, European Barberry, Jaundice-Berry, Piprage, Vinetteier
Common Names in French:
épine-Vinette, Berbéris Vulgaire, Vinettier ...
( Albina Verduna Beet )
'Albina Verduna' is an 'albino' or white beet which generally matures in 65 days. It is very sweet and large, and also excellent for pickling. Also, white beet sugar is often made from it.
Beet roots should be harvested while young and tender, no more than 2 in (5.1 cm) in diameter, lest they become woody and fibrous. And don't overlook the beet greens, which are much like spinach.
The Beet makes an appetizing vegetable, plain boiled, stewed, or baked and a good pickle, and in Russia forms an appetizing soup - called Bortsch - the red root in this case being made to exude all its juice into a rich, white stock.
Sugar beet is a hardy biennial plant that can be grown commercially in a wide variety of temperate climates. During its first growing season, it produces a large (1-2 kg) storage root whose dry mass is 15-20% sucrose by weight.
nematodes, beet leaf hoppers, other pests
Marigolds are a wonder-drug of the companion plant world, invoking the saying "plant them everywhere in your garden".
This heirloom beet from 1840 is primarily grown for its tender, sweet, deep red-burgundy foliage, but the beets are tasty when harvested at the 2- to 3-inch size. The glossy leaves reach 18 inches high.
Look closely at a beet, chard, or spinach plant the next time you see one going to seed in the garden. You might notice little green "globs" forming along an upright stalk, sometimes colored with specks of yellow, the sign of pollen and stamens...
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Thinned plants and beet tops may also be eaten. Dig and store in a cool place prior to the first freeze.
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Beet (Beta vulgaris)
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Chard is actually a bottomless beet. Although a member of the beet family, it doesn't develop bulbous roots. However, like beets, the large, fleshy stalks and broad, crisp leaves are packed with minerals. Chard comes in different colors.
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Beet (Beta vulgaris)
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"Blood Leaf" bright purplish-red "Beet" or "Beefsteak" oval puckered leaves, with notched tips, on red-maroon stems forming dense bushes. Traditional window-sill plant, the Achyranthes verschaffeltii of elaborate Victorian bedding design.
An old heritage variety of beet widely grown in the 19th century for its deliciously sweet-flavoured roots.
Green wheat can also be consumed in various combinations: green wheat along with beet and carrots is prepared from 3 carrots, half a red beet and 50 g of green wheat.
Nombres relacionados: Acelga (castellano), Aepa obycajna (eslovaco), Azalki (vasco), Beet (inglés), Beetroot (inglés), Beterraba (gallego y/o portugués), Betteraba (gallego y/o portugués), Chenopodiaceae (familia), Common beet (inglés), ...
The colorful leaves are not actually crimson, but in spring emerge a deep dark maroon to beet red, fading to grey-green for summer. The leaves have very strikingly curled edges.
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Herbs Used: Red Beet, Yellow Dock, Lobelia, Burdock, Nettle, Mullein
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Both the leaves and seeds of dill are popular for flavoring pickles, sauerkraut, and beet dishes. It can be combined with garlic and pepper to produce a highly flavored Mediterranean or East European pork roast (often cooked over a spit outdoors).
Atropurpureum lends a succulent effect, and the beet-coloured veins of bloody
sorrel (Rumex sanguineus ssp. sanguineus) make a colour echo. Penstemon
Husker Red is still here, but not for long. The early burgundy foliage turns to ...
On Small's yellow-eyed grass, the bases of the leaves are usually beet-red.
It grows well with most plants, especially roses, carrots, beet and chamomile, but it inhibits the growth of legumes. It should not be planted near alfalfa, as each species affects the other negatively. Plants often divide freely at the base.
Additionally, popular herbs such as chives, dill, marjoram, tarragon and thyme and salad leaves including cress, cut-and-come-again leaves, endive, rocket, lettuce, leaf beet and spinach are ideal for a late crop of undemanding leaves in a ...
The leaves are added to salads, sandwiches, soups etc[9], they can be used in recipes that call for leaves of beet, plantain, sow thistle or amaranth[183]. Young stems - raw[257]. Root - chewed by children as a gum[257].
Here you will find information on garden plants with edible leaves, stems, roots, flowers, bulbs, seeds and botanical fruits. Included are many diverse vegetable species such as leaf lettuce, asparagus, carrot, broccoli, garlic, green pea, beet, ...
Some tubers represent thickened stems, as the Irish potato, and some thickened roots, as probably the sweet-potato, and some both stem and root, as the turnip, parsnip, and beet.
 See also: Green, May, Grass, Chard, Beta vulgaris
  
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