Group 4: Sugar Beet Management by Kyriaki B

kpn166 — 2024-09-03 20:03:42 UTC

Powdery mildew may develop in July or August - in which case fungicide should be applied.

March-April

2024-09-04 10:19:17 UTC

Early development is important for a high yield, and establishment should be done as soon as the soil is manageable, usually late March or start April (when the ground temperature is between 5-6 °C) .

Tillage

2024-09-04 14:56:19 UTC

Before sowing there will be the tillage. Forms such as conservation-orientated or careful tillage.

2024-09-04 15:14:37 UTC

Control of plantgrowth and amount (around may), a lower amount then 35.000 plants evenly spread, can result in reseeding.

2024-09-04 15:23:00 UTC

Sugar beet can be used for the production of sugar, animal feed, as fresh beets from Nov-April the following year or in forms of beet pulp, biofuel and manure (leafs).

location

2024-09-04 16:50:26 UTC

find a location that will receive at the amount of 6 hours of full sun each day. Because Sugar beet is best grown in full sun.

2024-09-04 17:05:45 UTC

Adding manure or compost to the soil

2024-09-04 17:27:10 UTC

Watering them when the soil is dry, consistently. It is better to only water the root, watering the leaves of plants regularly may cause fungal diseases.

2024-09-04 17:44:58 UTC

The longer the crop can stay in the field during the autumn, the higher the yield and sugar content will be, unless frost destroys the leafs.

Picture: farmers weekly

2024-09-04 17:59:44 UTC

If soil was well prepared beforehand, no extra fertilizer should be necessary. And in poor soil condition, applying a fertilizer low in nitrogen is better. Sucrose concentration decreases with increasing nitrogen input.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2019.03.017

2024-09-04 18:36:25 UTC

Sugar beets should not be planted after crops like:

legumes

oilseeds

vegetables

...

with a minimum of three years between sugar beet production. These plants have the same diseases as sugar beets and they affect the soil and so the sugar beet later.

2024-09-04 18:44:30 UTC

The best crops before sugar beets:

Wheat

Barley

sorghum

.....

https://farming.org.ua/

2024-09-05 11:13:08 UTC

https://lf.dk/viden-om/landbrugsproduktion/planter/dyrkning-af-sukkerroer/

https://nutrien-ekonomics.com/news/sugarbeet-development-and-growth-staging/

SEGES (2020); "dyrkningsvejledning for roer"

Plant Density

2024-09-05 11:25:12 UTC

The plant density should be of 8-10.000 plants/ha. It's done with precision seeders that implant the seed at a depth of 2-3 cm (with a layer of soil on top).

2024-09-05 11:28:39 UTC

Provide sufficient nutrients in the form of fertiliser if needed (ex N, P, K, M).

2024-09-05 11:29:12 UTC

Removal of weeds, usually with the use of herbicides 3-4 times, supplied with mechanical weeding.

2024-09-05 11:29:42 UTC

Removal of flowering or weed beets, to avoid wild beets growing in the field as weeds, in future sugar beet production.

2024-09-05 11:31:01 UTC

If the roots were harvested too late they can be tough and not tender.

2024-09-05 11:31:33 UTC

When harvesting, the leafs are chopped off and left on the soil as green manure, while the beets are removed from the soil mechanically.

2024-09-05 11:32:36 UTC

For the storage of beets, the beets are collected in piles on the field and covered with a fiber "blanket".

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Removing the weeds