vegetable and also preserves well. It will grow readily in most
soils but best results will be achieved in well-limed and well-
drained soil which has been manured for a previous leaf crop.
Prepare for sowing by working soil to a seed-bed texture and
applying a dressing of a complete fertilizer at 25g per square
metre evenly over the bed before sowing.
As the rough brown ‘seeds’ of beetroot are actually dried fruits
containing a number of small seeds, sow thinly in drill and then
thin out the surplus to give a spacing 7.5cm apart. Beetroot will
respond to a side-dressing of a complete fertilizer when the roots
commence to swell.