How to grow Mangelwurzel growing and care:
Well drain soil, airy soil, clean from stone or hard object, slightly acid, free weed area
What is the best way to start growing?
Seedling / Seed
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Sometime the yield is too small
Planting season:
Autumn – frost free area / Spring – temperate climate
Pests and diseases:
Slugs, Aphids, prodenia
Pruning season:
All season
How to prune:
Dead or infected leaves
Size of the plant?
The root 4-9 cm (2-4 inches), the leaves 4-30 cm (2-12 inches)
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Medium growing
Water requirement:
Average amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes
Blooming information
Bloom season:
Summer
General information about the flower
Very small flowers grow on inflorescence color green
Thinning the bloom:
Better to pick up the root before it’s start to bloom
Pollination is done by:
Mostly wind, bees
Grow from seeds
Sowing requirement:
Small black seeds, usually bound in a sort of square brown and woody that containing several seeds, this structure designed to fly in the wind, so you should pay attention after flowering
Saving seeds until sowing:
Dry dark place
Sowing season:
Autumn – frost free area / Spring – temperate climate
Planting spacing:
10-20 cm
Depth of Sowing:
1-2 cm
Conditions for seeds germinate:
Moist
Watering requires for Seeds:
Big amount of water
Germination time:
3-20 days
Condition of seedling:
Moist, airy soil, clean from stone
Do the seeds require burying?
No
Edible leaves
Leaves harvesting season:
In warm area all year less in the summer, in cold area Spring / Summer / Autumn
How to harvest the leaves?
Trim the leaves in the base of the leave next to the root, for salad young leaves for cooked mature leaves
Information about leaves:
Depend on the species 5-70 cm, the color: purple, red, green. Sometime the vain of the leaves can be in color: yellow, red, purple
Uses of Mangelwurzel leaves:
Casserole, cooked, stir fry, salad
Edible Roots
Information about Mangelwurzel’s taproot:
Taproot shaped cone or round, taproot colors: burgundy, pink, yellow, white, red
When to pull up Mangelwurzel’s taproot:
About 90 days to harvest, when sow in the autumn it’s in the winter, when sow in the spring it’s in the summer
Uses of Mangelwurzel leaves:
Casserole, cooked
Scientific name:
Beta vulgaris
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Edible Parts | - Edible leaves
- Edible Roots
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Culinary uses | - Cooked
- Leafy vegetables
- Salad
- Stuffed or Wrapped
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Climate | - Mediterranean Climate
- Subtropics Climate
- Temperate Climate
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Harvest Season | - Autumn Harvest
- Spring Harvest
- Summer Harvest
- Winter harvest
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Plant life-form | - Annual plant
- Biennial plant
- Leaf plant
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Plant Uses | |
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Planting Season | - Autumn Planting
- Spring Planting
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Hardiness zone | - Hardiness zone 10
- Hardiness zone 3
- Hardiness zone 4
- Hardiness zone 5
- Hardiness zone 7
- Hardiness zone 8
- Hardiness zone 9
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