Kestrel beet

Kestrel beet
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: Sakata
  • Year of approval: 2007
  • Leaf rosette shape: semi-upright
  • Leaves: oval, green, slightly bubbly, strong waviness of the edge
  • Petiole: bottom side red
  • The form: rounded
  • Weight, g: 203-375
  • Cork head: medium size
  • Pulp color : red
  • Ringiness: medium rings
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Kestrel beet is a table hybrid, which is famous for its high yield, excellent taste and ease of care. The versatile variety is very popular with farmers engaged in vegetable growing on an industrial scale, and among owners of summer cottages engaged in gardening. Today Kestrel beet is considered a versatile hybrid that gives a good and stable yield even when grown in unfavorable conditions.

Breeding history

The Kestrel F1 beet hybrid was bred in 2004 in France by Japanese breeders of the Sakata vegetables Europe S. A. S. Institute, which is located in Provence. The variety was officially registered in Europe in 2007. It appeared in Russia in 2008.

Description of the variety

Kestrel beetroot is a mid-season variety with a growing season of 115-120 days. Planting can be carried out with seeds from the end of April, or seedlings from the second half of May, when the soil warms up to + 7 ° С.

The variety is resistant to diseases such as:

  • root rot;

  • tobacco mosaic;

  • powdery mildew.

Root crops are resistant to mechanical damage, have a bright and rich burgundy color, and retain their taste during winter storage. The Kestrel variety is not afraid of sudden temperature changes and tolerates drought quite easily.

Characteristics of the appearance of the plant and root crops

The aboveground part of the culture has a compact leaf rosette with low leaves. Fruits are round in shape with a smooth surface and a small root. The weight of one root vegetable ranges from 203 to 375 g.

Purpose and taste of tubers

Kestrel beets are versatile hybrid varieties that are distinguished by a rich taste, juicy pulp and high sugar content, the percentage of which remains high even after heat treatment.

Beets of this variety can be used for cooking various dishes, winter preparations, making mashed potatoes and juices. It is suitable for both industrial processing and personal use. Due to its rich and rich taste, this variety is used for the preparation of baby food, for which the raw materials are strictly selected.

Maturation

A universal hybrid mid-season variety can be used both for early sowing in open ground to obtain young bunch beets, and for growing large root crops, which are harvested in the fall. To obtain a young bunch of beets, which can be eaten with tops along with a root crop, it takes from 55 to 60 days.

It takes an average of 120 days from the date of sowing to fully ripen the culture. The versatile variety can be planted several times during the season:

  • in the end of April;

  • in May;

  • in July.

Summer residents can get the first harvest of bunch beets by the beginning of summer. Having several beds on which Kestrel beets are planted, you can get young beets throughout the warm season, as well as get a large harvest of tasty root crops for winter storage.

Yield

Due to the high viability of the Kestrel hybrid to external conditions, it is possible, subject to simple agricultural techniques, to obtain by the end of the summer season up to 6 kg of tasty and large root crops from 1 m2 of the garden. Kestrel beets, even in dry conditions, always give a consistently high yield.

Growing regions

Beets of this variety are suitable for growing in Russian regions with different climates. In regions with early spring and long summer (this includes the south of Russia, the Volga region, the North Caucasus), it is usually planted with seeds starting from mid-late April. Kestrel beets can also be grown in the middle lane, in the Urals, Siberia and the Far East. In Russian regions with harsh climatic conditions, it is planted in open ground or in greenhouses not with seeds, but with seedlings.

Growing and care

In open ground, beet seeds are sown after the soil warms up to +7 degrees. Kestrel, like any beetroot, loves places that are well lit by the sun. Before sowing seeds or planting seedlings, the beds need to be well dug onto a shovel bayonet, adding potash fertilizers to the soil.

Beets of this variety grow well after crops such as:

  • cabbage;

  • potato;

  • cucumbers;

  • onion.

During the growing season, 2-3 feeding is required. Wood ash can be used as fertilizer. Although this variety is drought tolerant, it should be watered at least 5-6 times during the dry season. In this case, you should not overmoisten the soil. After watering, loosening and weeding are recommended.

Compliance with simple agricultural techniques will allow you to get a large harvest in the autumn, which will allow you to make a lot of winter harvesting and get a high-quality and useful root crop for winter storage.

Beetroot tolerates cold snaps, therefore it is widely grown in the open field. When planting beets, you need to correctly determine the sowing time, choose a suitable place, prepare the beds, and do pre-sowing seed treatment.

Thinning is one of the most important agricultural techniques in beet growing. This event allows you to leave the most hardy plants in the garden, guarantees each of them the necessary nutrition, a sufficient amount of light and increases the yield.
Watering beets is an important agrotechnical process at any stage of root crop formation. If you observe the frequency and volume of water application, you can achieve intensive growth, increasing yields. In different growing seasons, the specificity of irrigation, water requirements differ, which must be taken into account in the growing process.
Beetroot is a crop that is prone to a wide variety of diseases. Most of them can be successfully dealt with if the necessary measures are taken in a timely manner. Different beet diseases manifest themselves in different ways. Due to some ailments, the leaves turn yellow, from others the foliage becomes covered with noticeable spots, the fruits deteriorate.
To avoid problems with storing root crops, they must be properly prepared immediately after harvesting the site. The dug beets must be immediately cleaned of dry soil and dried. In order for the beets to lie until spring, they need to provide the correct storage conditions.
Main characteristics
Authors
Sakata
Year of approval
2007
Category
hybrid
View
canteen
Appointment
for culinary processing, for fresh use
Storage
suitable for winter storage
Yield
high
Average yield
253-308 c / ha
Marketability
excellent
Marketability,%
84-96
Plant
Leaf rosette shape
semi-upright
Leaves
oval, green, slightly bubbly, strong waviness of the edge
Petiole
bottom side red
Root vegetable
The form
rounded
Weight, g
203-375
Surface
smooth
Skin coloration
maroon
Cork head
medium size
Evenness
aligned
Pulp color
red
Pulp (consistency)
tender, juicy
Ringiness
medium rings
Taste
sweet
Taste qualities
good and great
Composition
dry matter content 13.0-17.4%, total sugar 5.7-10.0%
Keeping quality
good
Growing
Location
sunny place
Sowing scheme
8-10x25 cm
Growing regions
North-Caucasian, North-West, Central, Volgo-Vyatka, TsChO, Nizhnevolzhsky, Uralsky
Resistance to cercospora
steady
Maturation
Ripening terms
mid-season
The period from germination to harvest
115-120 days
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