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golden BX mangel beet Golden Bx Mangel Beet

Beta vulgaris
Also known as golden BX manglebeet (EN)

A variety of beet

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

Sun requirement for golden BX mangel beet: Plant in Full Sun

A mangel beet that is bright golden inside and out and grows far larger than beetroot. Much sweeter and more tender, without the earthy taste often found in beetroot. Used as beetroot is, with sweet leaves that are good raw or cooked, and good cubed in a hot salad with vinaigrette. Sow in trays and transplant 4 weeks later at 20 cm diagonal spacing.

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Golden bx mangel beet facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Growing golden BX mangel 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

Plant golden BX mangel beets with

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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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