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About Touchstone Gold yellow beetroot

Touchstone Gold beetroot is a small, spherical summer beetroot with yellow flesh. It has a fine, delicate flavor. Beware of cutworms and earwigs.

Growing tips for Touchstone Gold yellow beetroot

Family
Chenopodiaceae (Beta vulgaris)
Growing cycle
Annual
Suggested sowing
Outside
Suggested time*
May and June
Ideal germination temperature
From 10 to 30℃
Germination time
3 to 7 days
Sowing depth
Three times the size of the seed.
Seed storage
In a dry place away from light.
Seed shelf life
5 years minimum
Exposure
Sun
Days to maturity*
55 days
Distance between plants
6-10 cm
Distance between rows
20 cm
*The suggested time concerns zone 4b. For zone 5 you can start 2 weeks earlier and in zone 3 delay by 2 weeks. The number of days indicated is calculated from planting in the garden. Click here to get your hardiness zone or create your gardening calendar with our Quebec partner, lamainverte.ca.

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Advice from the seed producer and author

Yves Gagnon

Beetroot growing conditions

Beetroot requires a sunny site. It reacts poorly to excessive heat and appreciates cool conditions while tolerating light frosts. It prefers clayey, humus-rich, and well-structured soils. It produces well in light soils if moisture is constant. Drought and excess water are harmful to it, as are temperature fluctuations. To grow it, the soil must be loosened deeply, more so for cylindrical cultivars. Beetroot is moderately demanding. Small amounts of mature compost are suitable. In rotation, when it follows a demanding, well-amended crop, it can produce good yields without adding compost. Fresh manure and young compost should be avoided. The presence of boron is important for this vegetable. Browning of the heart indicates a deficiency in this element. Fertilization with borax is recommended when a deficiency is diagnosed. A pH between 6 and 7.5 is suitable for it, but the ideal pH is between 6.5 and 7.

Beet crop rotation

Beetroot is grown in the second or third year of rotation, after growing a demanding plant. Beetroot follows well after an early crop of lettuce, radish, lamb's lettuce, or spring chicory.

Beetroot companionship

Beetroot is associated with onions, carrots, parsnips, kohlrabi, and rutabagas. It can be grown alongside beans and cabbages.

— These valuable tips were written by Yves Gagnon, in the book The ecological cultivation of vegetable plants , Colloidal Editions.

You can add the book Ecological Vegetable Cultivation by Yves Gagnon to your order for further advice on growing beets.