Beet root or garden beet is a nutritious root vegetable that you can easily grow in your kitchen garden.
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1). This root vegetable is edible in its entirety
2). The vegetable is rich in calcium, iron, potassium and vitamin C
3). Beet root can be eaten either as a cooked vegetable or raw as a salad
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4). Beet root thrives in:
i). weed -free field
ii). moderate rainfall
iii). deep and well drained, loose, loamy soils
iv). temperatures of 16 – 27 degrees Celsius
v). altitudes of
1500 – 2200 metres above sea level
vi). takes 60 – 70 days to mature
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5). About 5 – 9 tonnes of beet root can be harvested per hectare
6). The harvested crop can be stored in cool and dry places
7). The harvest can be consumed domestically, sold in the local market or exported.
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