I love the Beetroot for its color. It is often used for food colouring and as a medicinal plant.
That is actually one of very few foods I don't enjoy! The color is beautiful but I've tried many different ways to eat it and I have never enjoyed it. Do you like the taste?
Yes it is one of the few medicinal plants that we have. It has been used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times
What kind of ailments does it cure?
to digestion and the blood. Bartolomeo Platina recommended taking beetroot with garlic to nullify the effects of "garlic-breath".
During the middle of the 19th century, wine often was coloured with beetroot juice.
Cultivars.
Below is a list of several commonly available cultivars of beets. Generally, 55 to 65 days are needed from germination to harvest of the root. All cultivars can be harvested earlier for use as greens. Unless otherwise noted, the root colours are shades of red and dark red with different
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