BERTIE 2009 Harvest
12-11-2009
This BERTIE was harvested by two work experience students who joined us from County Upper School.
The final statistics were:
Weight: 1346g
Sugar: 16.02%
Na: 11.2 mg/100g beet
K: 144 mg/100g beet
Amino N: 5 mg/100g beet
Amino N: 31.21 mg/100g sugar
Grow your very own BERTIE the BEET
Would you like to grow a BERTIE the BEET in your school? If so, we would like to hear from you.
We can send you some sugar beet seeds and following these instructions, you can follow the growth of your beet from sowing in March to harvesting in July
You can send in photos, pictures and reports on the growth of your beet as it grows and see them here on the BERTIE the BEET website. You can also compare your beet to our pot grown beet and to the real BERTIE growing in the field.
Keep up-to-date with BERTIE using rss
You can get the latest BERTIE information directly to your computer using the BERTIE rss feed.
If you aren’t sure what rss is, use our guide to find out more.
Activity Pack
The BERTIE the BEET activity pack is available. If you are a teacher and would like a version suitable for photocopying for your lessons, send BERTIE a message and he will arrange for you to get one!
BERTIE archive
You can browse though our BERTIE the Beet archive, using the menu at the top of the page.
If you have any comments or questions regarding BERTIE the Beet, please contact us.