When to dig up beets? We determine favorable terms by 2-mind exact signs, looking at the garden

Fiery fireworks, comrades vegetable growers!

Do you want to harvest large and tasty beets that will be perfectly stored? The success of the event is closely related to the condition of the root crop at the time of harvest. After reading the article to the end, you will know when to dig up the beets to your advantage.

Hurry and late can get an unpleasant surprise

The list of signs of the ripening of any vegetable crop in the hands of a skilled summer resident turns from tedious notation into a tool for obtaining the best harvest possible. Yes, the gardener often removes roots when "have time" or "The lunar calendar suggested". At the risk of running into small but troubles.

About unripe beets and strange tips from the Internet

Beets can be unripe, even if they look big and tasty.. The summer resident cannot look inside and assess the condition of the pulp, and even more so - its composition.

I was always put into a stupor by the advice from the Internet: “Dig up the beets and visually assess their condition. Check if the diameter and weight are in accordance with the declared grade. " Even if you imagine that I measured and weighed a couple of control beetroots, their size may not to reach the declared ones and because of the bad summer, and because of the bad soil and other things, although in fact the root crop will be ripe. So push it back in?

Unripe beets - loss of taste, "wooden" pulp of a root vegetable that is juicy in its capabilities and lack of vitamins. So, comrades, there is no need to rush. It is very simple to understand that the beets are not yet ripe: there are no signs of readiness for harvesting.

Overripe beets are not good either

Overripe beets are also a loss of taste and vitamins. But to this it is worth adding also the poor storage capacity. Such roots shrink quickly and are prone to rotting.

In order not to delay the harvest, it is necessary to periodically inspect the garden bed and wait for 2 signs of beet ripeness to appear. About them, in fact, I continue the story.

I focus on the condition of both tops and roots

Every day, passing by the beet beds, I notice the moment when the ground part of the plant has ceased to grow in size. Very soon, the lower leaves will begin to lose their brightness, then turn yellow and wither. This is the first signal that it's time to prepare a place in the basement.

The second is the appearance of growths around the top of the root crop. Usually it is a brown wavy formation with variations in brown and gray tones. Now the summer resident has another 7-10 days to collect ripe beets without overripening.