Beets

Heavy frosts will stop sugar beets from growing, so plan around the weather in your area. In northern climates, you should plant sugar beets in late spring, whereas in southern climates, you can plant in late winter or early spring.

It's recommended you plant seeds 1 inch apart in rows. When the plants have 4 to 6 leaves, thin them out, leaving 10 to 12 inches between your plants, with 18 to 24 inches between the rows.

It's very important to keep the weeds out of your sugar beet crop, as they do not complete well with weeds.

Sugar beets mature in 90 to 95 days with temperatures between 60 and 80 degrees F during the day and 40 to 50 degrees F at night.

Beetroot is among the foods that are the lowest in purines making them one of the safer foods for a gout sufferer to eat.

Apparently yes, silkworms can/will eat beetroot leaves but not if they have already been eating mulberry leaves. But this is hearsay for me. I have raised them on lettuce leaves from start to finish, however.

Yes, rabbits can eat beet greens. Beet greens are a good plant to include in the rotation of daily "salad" greens. See the related question below for more details about a healthy rabbit diet.

Another answer: They can but it will probably cause gas. Don't give rabbits lots of them at one time.

A response: Beet greens (also known as chard) is not commonly known to cause gas in rabbits. Too much fresh food is unhealthy, though.

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A beet is technically a root. So the root of the plant is the beet, and whatever that grows out of it is the actual 'plant' portion.

Beets do have starch.

Beetroot is a rich source of carbohydrates, a good source of protein, and has high levels of important vitamins, minerals and micronutrients. It is a good source of dietary fibre, has practically no fat, and no cholesterol. This makes beetroot relatively low in calories (kilojoules). Raw beetroot contains 7.0g total sugars, while boiled and pickled beetroot contain 8.8g and 5.6g, respectively Beetroot is a good source of minerals. Raw, boiled and pickled beetroot contain 66g sodium (Na) and 380g potassium (K), 110g Na and 510 K, and 120 Na and 190 K, respectively. Boiled beetroot is particularly high in potassium. Calcium (Ca) ranges from 19g in pickled to 29g in boiled beetroot, while magnesium (Mg) is lowest in raw beetroot with 11g and is also highest in boiled beetroot with 16g, per 100g of root. Pickled beet has a lower level of phosphorous (P), only 11g, than raw beetroot with 51g and boiled beetroot with 87g per 100g. Iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) are 0.5g and 0.3 g in pickled beetroot, compared to 1.0g and 0.4g in raw and 0.8 and 0.5g in boiled beetroot, respectively source- = Beetroot (2004) = == Thankx Manjot

To pickle a vegetable it is usaually preserved in vinegar. Vinegar is acidic so would naturally affect the colour of the indicator.

Food materials is stored in the roots for its future use.

Sugar beet by-product, calle beet pulp, are fed to cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and rabbits. It is merely a supplemental feed, which means that it cannot be fed alone as a ration because it will cause digestive upset--which leads to illness--in the animals that it is fed to. Humans also eat the by-product of sugar beets, which is sugar, after the beets have undergone processing.

Waste sugar beets have been found useful as a silage ration for cattle when mixed, choppsed and ensiled with straw. Because sugar beets are very high in carbohydrates (primarily starch and sugars), mixing with straw decreases the risk of metabolic issues like acidosis because the straw contributes to the needed fibre content that ruminants require in their diets.

Beetroot has been known as a folk medicine for treating hypertension and increasing stamina. Its possible effects on diabetics are probably low, however it does have a very high level of natural sugar so diabetics would be advised to eat them in a more natural (as opposed to processed) way. Also ask nutritionalists, doctors, etc.

Also Wikipedia notes that several preliminary studies suggest beetroot, with its nutrient betaine, may protect against liver disease caused by diabetes (among other causes).

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Pickled beets kept in the refrigerator can last as long as six months. They should not be kept out unrefrigerated for more than four hours.

There are 5 major differences between a potato and a sweet potato, only a couple of which are easy to detect.

Color - A sweet potato will be darker inside than a potato.

Sweetness - A sweet potato has about 4 times the sugar of a potato, enough to detect by taste.

Sodium - Although undetectable by taste, a sweet potato has about 10 times the sodium

Vitamin A - A sweet potato has more than 1000 times the Vitamin A than a potato

Beta-Carotene - A sweet potato has more than 1000 times the beta-carotene than a potato.

Beetroot leaves are not poisonous to cats. However, cherry leaves and peach leaves are poisonous and harmful for a cat to ingest.

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Beetroot may help reduce sugar cravings due to its natural sweetness and fiber content, which can promote feelings of fullness. Additionally, the nutrients in beetroot, such as vitamins and minerals, may support overall blood sugar regulation. While it may not completely eliminate cravings, incorporating beetroot into a balanced diet could potentially help manage them. However, individual results may vary.

Beets are not all the same size, but you can weight them in the store (if they are fresh, although they will have the greens on them) and most of the store scales have both ounces and grams listed. If you are buying canned, believe it or not metric (grams are metric) is the official measuring system of the USA and all goods sold commercially will have the metric weight listed. So, just check the side of the can.

California grows sugar beets

The composition is the same because the natural sugar in the cane stalk or beet root is separated from the rest of the plant material by physical methods. Also they both require heating up the juice to separate the sugar from it. Along with the sugar being washed filtered, and dried.

no. it is a vegetable
No, beetroot is a vegetable.