What are the growing conditions for sugar beets that northerners love?

Nowadays the market for sugar beets is getting better and better, so quite a few people have started growing sugar beets too. But sugar beets are not such an easy plant to grow. There are many essential conditions that everyone needs to understand. So what are the growing conditions for sugar beets? Let's take a look below~

I. The growing environment for sugar beets

1. Sugar beet is a crop that needs crop rotation, because sugar beet requires too many nutrients to grow. After growing sugar beet once, it cannot be grown a second time for at least five years, and in some places where the soil is poor, it may take ten years before it can be grown again

2. When growing sugar beets, it is best if the previous crop was something like wheat. Because these grains need few nutrients to grow, even though sugar beet is planted after harvest, the impact on the sugar beet will be very small. But if the crop before the sugar beet was something like potatoes, then it is not suitable to grow sugar beets.

II. Seed conditions for sugar beets

1. When buying sugar beet seeds, you should choose seeds rated by the state as at least grade two or above. The seeds need to have characteristics such as high disease resistance and high sugar content

2. Before sowing, the seeds need to be dried in the sun for two or three days. Sugar beet seeds that have been dried in the sun will have a higher germination rate. After drying, the seeds also need to be treated with a chemical agent, which can prevent sugar beet seeds from developing diseases during the seedling stage

3. And before the sugar beet seeds are dried in the sun, the land also needs to be prepared a bit. The weeds in the field need to be cleared out, and at the same time the land should be plowed so that the soil is as loose as possible. After plowing, the land should then be leveled. Leveling the land helps retain water, helps keep the land warm, and provides good conditions for the germination of sugar beet seeds.

III. Water and water sources for growing sugar beets

1. In the early stage of sugar beet growth, if a large amount of water accumulates in the field, it can easily cause sugar beets to develop a disease called brown spot disease. So if there is plenty of rain during this period, the sugar beet field needs to be drained in time. At the same time, if the sugar beets have already developed brown spot disease, medication needs to be sprayed to treat it

2. And by July, because the temperature is high, it can easily cause drought in the field. If drought occurs at this time, sugar beets are prone to powdery mildew, so the drought-affected field needs to be replenished with water in time.

Alright, that is the growing conditions for sugar beets that the Tuliu.com editor has brought to you. See you next time