Many beloved dishes without beets are simply impossible to imagine. For example, without this root crop you can’t cook either borsch or vinaigrette. Many good varieties of this culture have been bred by breeders. And one of the best, of course, is beet Pablo F1. Reviews (photos of the hybrid are presented in the article) by gardeners this variety deserved just excellent.
Where was created
This interesting variety was obtained by the breeders of the Netherlands. It was derived mainly for industrial cultivation. However, since the beets Pablo F1 was actually fruitful and also unpretentious, she quickly fell in love with gardeners as well. In our country, this hybrid began to grow not so long ago. However, the excellent qualities of Pablo F1 beets, of course, were noticed by Russian summer residents. Therefore, this hybrid is gaining popularity very quickly in our country.
Pablo F1 harvested beets: cultivar features
The gardeners, among other things, consider the plus of this hybrid to be the fact that it belongs to the group of medium early ones. Harvest it can be removed approximately 105 days after planting. A rounded neat shape of the fruit is what Pablo F1 reviews beetroot also deserved. The photo above shows the attractive appearance of the root crops of this hybrid. The pulp of the fruits of this variety is tender, juicy and fairly hard. Its color is almost the same as that of any other beet - dark red with a purple tint. Many gardeners consider the advantage of this hybrid to be that there are no inclusions in its pulp. Even beetroots have no traditional ring divisions. Judging by the reviews of summer residents, the root crops of the variety can very well be heat-treated very well.
The leaves of this hybrid are erect, oval, of medium size. The color they have is light green. Moreover, the leaf veins are red and the edges are wavy. Pablo F1 root crops can reach a diameter of 16 cm. Their weight is usually about 150 grams.
The productivity of this hybrid, according to the statement of the breeders who created it, is 700 centners per hectare. This is, of course, quite a lot.
Pablo F1 beet: hybrid characteristics
The advantages of this variety, in addition to high productivity and unpretentiousness, gardeners include:
keeping up;
undemanding to the composition of the soil;
resistance to most diseases;
resistance to low temperatures;
immunity to pests.
Pablo F1 root vegetables can be stored all winter without losing their taste and without spoiling.
Variety disadvantages
To some of the minuses of the Pablo F1 hybrid, gardeners attribute the fact that the taste of its fruits directly depends on the time spent in the soil. In the event that the gardener is late with the harvest, the beets will lose their juiciness and become “grassy”. Sometimes with too long a stay in the ground, the fruits of Pablo F1 even change their shape.
The opinion of gardeners
From gardeners, in this way, very good beets Pablo F1 deserved. The photos presented on the page demonstrate the excellent marketable appearance of the root crops of this hybrid.
In particular, Pablo F1 earned good reviews from gardeners in the Urals and Siberia. He suffers spring frosts and early autumn cold very well indeed.
Many gardeners also attribute the “convenient” size of its fruits to the advantages of beets of this variety. The roots of the hybrid never grow too large. This beetroot looks very compact and neat. Roughnesses on the roots of Pablo F1 almost never happens.
In terms of taste, there are basically only positive reviews about this hybrid. Root crops of the variety can be used both for cooking borsch and for salads or vinaigrettes. The taste of beets is sweet, without bitterness. Among other things, the fruits of this hybrid also contain a lot of useful vitamins and minerals. This gardeners, of course, also refer to the pluses of the variety.
Planting material
Beet seeds of this variety can be purchased, of course, not in any specialized store. However, buying them via the Internet is not difficult. When purchasing planting material, among other things, it is worth paying attention, of course, to the brand. According to many gardeners, for example, beet seeds Gavrish F1 Pablo sprout very well. This brand, familiar to many, usually supplies the market with pretty high-quality planting material for garden crops.
The seeds of this variety do not require any special presowing preparation. Before planting, you just need to process them with a potassium permanganate solution in the usual manner.
How to sow
The Pablo F1 variety, as already mentioned, is relatively undemanding in terms of soil composition. Many summer residents believe that it can be grown both on loamy soils and on sandy soils. The only thing is that the soil before planting beets should be warmed up to at least 5 C. Also, this variety is not particularly fond of too acidic soil. If the pH of the soil is low, the situation can be corrected by adding ash or lime to it.
To improve the taste of fruits before planting Pablo F1, some gardeners advise to introduce a little sodium nitrate into the soil. Of course, it is worth improving the land with a small amount of humus or manure.
As for any other variety, for this hybrid it is worth choosing a site well-lit by the sun. This beet will not grow in the shade. You can not plant this hybrid in the same place from year to year. This will greatly affect not only the yield, but also the taste of the fruit.
Beets of this variety are planted according to the scheme of 30 x 30 cm. At the same time, holes are made under the seeds with a depth of about 2 cm. After planting, the garden is abundantly watered.
How to feed
A fairly simple growing technology is what, among other things, it earned good Pablo, beets, and reviews. Caring for it consists mainly of periodic irrigation and top dressing.
For the first time in the warm season, beets are fertilized immediately after the first 2-3 true leaves appear from under the ground. At this time, seedlings are best fed with a nitroammophos. For best effect, you can also use a little boric acid. A mixture of these two fertilizers with water is diluted in a proportion of 1:30.
After another three weeks, beets can be fed with superphosphate in an amount of 10 g per 1 m 2 .
How to water
The answer to the question of how to grow Pablo F1 sweet beets in this way is not too complicated. Water on the beds with these hybrids should be served "at the root". The frequency of irrigation in this case depends on weather conditions. It is extremely undesirable to moisten the soil on a bed with such beets with cold water. Water should settle in the garden container for at least two days. On 1 m 2 of hybrid planting, it should be used in an amount of about 15-25 liters. It is impossible to allow the soil to dry out on the bed with Pablo. But beets should not stand in water constantly. The soil in the garden is best kept moist.
Too big, the fruits of this beet, judging by the reviews and statements of breeders, do not grow. However, in mid-August, watering Pablo F1 still worth stopping. In this case, it will be possible to obtain compact root crops with very good taste. With excessive humidity in August, Pablo's beets can grow too watery.
Sometimes red spots appear on the leaves of this hybrid. Their presence indicates a lack of sodium in the soil. They solve the problem in this case by watering the plants with salt water (1 tbsp / l per 10 liters). During the season, a similar procedure should be carried out at least three times.
Possible diseases
The description of the Pablo F1 beet variety given above allows us to judge it as one of the most resistant to various infections. Problems with bacterial or viral diseases of this beet in gardeners growing it in their own area usually do not occur. However, sometimes beets Pablo F1 still infected with Fusarium rot. This usually happens with insufficient watering. In this case, fungicides are used to treat beets, according to the instructions on the package.
Also, sometimes this hybrid can be affected by leaf rust. Bordeaux liquid 1% is usually used to treat this disease. Processing is carried out twice with an interval of 2 weeks.
Harvesting
It is not difficult to determine that the fruits of Pablo F1 beet have already ripened. Dig them out of the ground immediately after:
the lower foliage will begin to turn yellow and dry;
fruits will reach 10-15 cm;
characteristic growths will appear on the fruits.
Dig out the beets Pablo F1, like any other, using a pitchfork. Using this tool will help minimize spoilage of root crops. After the beets are removed from the ground, cut its foliage (leaving 2 cm of cuttings). Next, root crops need to be dried and laid in boxes, pouring sand. Store beets of this variety, of course, is best in the cellar.
Instead of a conclusion
Thus, we found out what Pablo F1 beets are (reviews, photos, description, care methods). As you can see, the hybrid is really very productive and quite unpretentious. If you can get the seeds of this beet, planting it in your suburban area is certainly worth it. With a minimum of care, this wonderful hybrid will surely please the owners of the cottage with just an excellent harvest.