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Bull's Blood Beet
A variety of beet
How to sow bull's blood beet: Direct seed into soil. Thin to 7cm apart when seedlings are 5cm tall.
Sun requirement for bull's blood beet: Plant in Full Sun
A dark red beetroot selected for the darkest leaves, which can be eaten raw when young or cooked when older. Very sweet roots. Selected in 1840 in the Netherlands by the seedsman Kees Sahin from the French variety Crapaudine. Scatter sow in trays under 3 mm of seed-raising mix and transplant 4 to 6 weeks later at 15 cm diagonal spacing. Leaves are edible at about 35 days and roots at about 55 days. A good-quality seed-raising mix avoids black spots and rotting leaves.
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living and reproducing in a single year or lessPlant bull's blood beets with
collard greens
passion fruit
sweet potato
spring onion
watermelon radish
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Ecological requirements
Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Beta vulgaris L.
| Family / Taxonomy | Magnoliopsida Caryophyllidae Caryophyllales Chenopodiaceae |
|---|---|
| Optimal temperature | 15 - 25 °C |
| Absolute temperature | 4 - 35 °C |
| Killing temperature | growth: 0 °C, rest: -3 °C |
| Optimal rainfall | 600 - 800 mm/year |
| Absolute rainfall | 500 - 1000 mm/year |
| Optimal soil pH | 6.0 - 7.0 |
| Absolute soil pH | 5.5 - 7.5 |
| Crop cycle | 160 - 240 days |
| Life form | herb |
| Life span | biennial |
| Habit | acaulescent (or rosette plants) |
| Optimal soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) |
| Optimal soil texture | heavy, medium |
| Optimal soil fertility | high |
| Optimal soil drainage | well (dry spells) |
| Optimal soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Photoperiod | long day (>14 hours) |
| Optimal light | very bright to light shade |
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