The red one prays (beta vulgaris subsp. rapacea var. conditiva) or beet, landschaftlich patches (of Latin beta, "‚carrot `), in Switzerland edge, in Austria and south bathing also Rahne (Rauna, Rohne), belongs to the fox tail plants (Amaranthaceae).

Origin

It is related to the sugar beet and the Mangold. Like these also the beet comes from the wild (B. vulgaris subsp. maritima) off and came with the Romans to Central Europe. The plant in the Mediterranean area has their origin, probably in North Africa. The today usual, evenly red color distribution is a result of the far refinement in 19. and 20. Century.

Characteristics

The beet is a two-year plant. In the first year the carrot and a Blattrosette are trained. In the second year a felling trees impulse with one forms for high bloom conditions up to 1,5m. The zwittrigen blooms are fifth hasty, stand individually, to two or in Quirlen together and are of greener or green-reddish colors.

The fleshy tuber results majority from a Verdickung of the Hypokotyls, thus the section of the branch axle underneath the Accordingly also the majority of the tuber rises up over the up in the field. The tuber can do different, usually rounds to pear-shaped forms to have and a weight of up to 600 g reach.

The sheets sit in a Rosette directly at the tuber. Their oblong-egg-shaped, about 15-30 cm long Spreite is long gestielt and at the edge something rippled/crinkled.

The tuber has a thin bowl and possesses under it a juicy Fruchtfleisch with an aromatic taste. Beside the well-known red one pray, with its magenta-red Fruchtfleisch, give it also colorless to lightyellow sorts.

Contents materials

The obvious red color is based mainly on the high concentration of the Glykosids Betanin from the group of the Betalaine. In the past the beet was used also as One today still uses Betanin as nature coloring material for food, which is however not very heatproof.

Due to its high vitamin, potassium and above all content the beet is a popular vegetable, which is used for raw food salads or handed as supplement. Furthermore is the red one pray a component of Labskaus and Borschtsch. The sheets can cooked also verzehrt to become. They are rich at Vitaminen and mineral materials and support the function of the liver.

Humans, those for the formation of kidney stones (calcium oxalate stones) bend (e.g. disease Crohn patient,"Â…), beet and relatives vegetable places should enjoy only in masses, since it is rich at oxalic acid. In addition the beet, which stores small quantities of nitrate, can form nitrites with wrong storage.

Culture

The beet is cultivated in many countries with moderate climate and is in Germany a classical winter vegetable. The sowing effected in the summer and in October the harvest beginning extends up to the first frost.

Neighbour in the Mischkultur

Plants get along with different neighbour, those directly adjacent grow differently well:

Good neighbours

• Shrub bean
• Dill
• Cucumber
• Garlic
• Kohl
• Kohlrabi
• Koriander
• Picking salad
• Zucchini
• Bulbs

Bad neighbours

• Potato
• Allium
• Corn
• Spinach

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