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Sugar Beet Seeds
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How to Plant Cover Crop Vegetable Seeds
Fast Facts
- Planting season
- Cool Season
- Life cycle
- Annual
- Sowing method
- Direct Sow
- Seed prep
- Requires Light, Soaking
- Light
- Full Sun
- Water needs
- Average
- Planting depth
- 1/2 inch
- Mature height
- 24 inches
- Hardiness zones
- 2 to 10
- Days to maturity
- 100 days
Ranges cover every variety in this group. Check the product page for the exact figures.
About Cover Crop Vegetable Seeds
Cover Crop Vegetable Seeds grow in full sun positions. Expect 24 inches at maturity. Harvest begins around 100 days from sowing. The figures below are the ones on the packets in this group; each product page carries the exact numbers for that variety.
When to plant
Plant in cool season. Sow directly where the plants are to grow; this variety does not transplant happily. Soaking or nicking the seed coat before sowing speeds up and evens out germination. Hardy in zones 2 to 10 — your local frost dates decide the exact week.
Where to plant
Choose a site in full sun. Water needs are average once the plants are established. Free-draining soil matters more than rich soil; seed sown into ground that stays wet rots before it germinates. Plan for 24 inches of growth when you place them in a bed or border.
How to plant
Sow 1/2 inch deep. This seed needs light to germinate, so press it onto the surface and firm it in rather than burying it. Water gently to settle the soil, then keep the surface evenly moist until seedlings or shoots appear.
How to care
Keep watering average, at the base of the plant rather than over the leaves. Grown as an annual, so plan to sow again next season. Expect to start harvesting around 100 days after sowing.
