Beetroot is rich in heart-healthy vitamin C, vitamin K, dietary fiber and polyphenols, which can lower blood pressure and fat. However, beet is high in sugar and eating too much of it is not good for controlling blood sugar and should be taken in moderation.

Beetroot has a well-developed root, and the fleshy root is the main edible organ, and the shape and maturity time of the fleshy root varies according to varieties. The shape and maturity time of fleshy roots vary according to varieties. The fleshy roots are usually spherical, oblate, ovoid, fusiform, conical and so on. The best quality is the flat round shape.

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Flame Cabbage is very adaptable, hardy and heat-resistant, but the best in cooler climates. Cultivated in the cool season, it produces fleshy roots with high sugar content, good flesh color, good quality and palatability. Cultivation in the hot season produces fleshy roots with white rings on the inside, poor flesh color and quality.

Flame vegetable is a strong light and long sunshine characteristics of vegetables, light intensity and light time requirements are more stringent, only in the stronger off under the light to form a fat quality fleshy roots. Growing season if rainy, relatively weak light, the fleshy root is small, poor quality, reduce the yield is very obvious, generally can reduce the yield 20% ~ 40%.

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