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Chioggia beet Chioggia Beet

Beta vulgaris

A variety of beet

How to sow Chioggia beet: Direct seed into soil. Thin to 7cm apart when seedlings are 5cm tall.

Sun requirement for Chioggia beet: Plant in Full Sun

An Italian beetroot that spread around the world in the 1840s. The flesh has alternating red and white rings that keep their markings if baked whole. Very tender. Eaten raw, pickled or baked, and the thick medium green leaves can be cooked as greens. Scatter sow in trays with plenty of space, cover with 3 mm of seed-raising mix and transplant 4 weeks later at 10 cm diagonal spacing.

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Chioggia beet facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Growing Chioggia beets

  1. Dig the bed fine and stone free 1 week before sowing
  2. Water regularly at sowing every week
  3. Thin the seedlings 3 weeks after sowing
  4. Weed between the rows 4 weeks after sowing every 2 weeks
  5. Start pulling young beets at first harvest
  6. Lift the rest of the crop 6 weeks after first harvest

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Beta vulgaris L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllidae
Caryophyllales
Chenopodiaceae
Optimal temperature 15 - 25 °C
Absolute temperature 4 - 35 °C
Killing temperature growth: 0 °C, rest: -3 °C
Optimal rainfall 600 - 800 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 500 - 1000 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 6.0 - 7.0
Absolute soil pH 5.5 - 7.5
Crop cycle 160 - 240 days
Life form herb
Life span biennial
Habit acaulescent (or rosette plants)
Optimal soil depth medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil texture heavy, medium
Optimal soil fertility high
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod long day (>14 hours)
Optimal light very bright to light shade

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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