CARD E NING 



BEETS WHEN TO SOW AND HOW 



SINCE beet seedlings are very hardy, seeds may be 

 sown as early in the spring as the soil can be dug 

 and raked. On the Pacific Coast beets are a year-around 

 vegetable from seeds sown as early as February and as 

 late as May. 



Seeds are generally sown thinly, in rows one half to one 

 inch deep, allowing eighteen inches to two feet between 

 the rows. The seeds are composite kernels, containing 

 from two to three sprouts each, and should not be sown 

 any more thickly than one kernel to every inch. After 

 covering, walk over the rows, as shown in illustration on 

 preceding page, to firmly press soil in contact with seeds. 

 This quickly causes the spongy kernels to rot. 



The average packet contains sufficient seeds to sow 

 twenty feet of row. Three ounces will provide all the 

 beets required by the average family. A fifteen-foot row 

 will yield about five dozen roots. By sowing seeds up to 

 end of July a constant supply is easily secured. 



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