Carrots are one of vegetables which is present practically at each kitchen garden. Carrots are used for preparation of the first and second courses, salads, carrot juice and even some desserts. The root crop contains set of vitamins and microelements therefore task of all summer residents and peasants to grow up good harvest of carrots. Task not from simple, it is necessary to consider weather patterns, it is correct to choose the place, to take the necessary care.
Choice of seeds
Many villagers prefer to buy the packaged seeds, than to collect own. Choosing carrots seeds for crops, it is necessary to pay attention to terms of maturing of root crop. For those regions where the short summer and cool climate are characteristic it is better to give preference to early ripening varieties. For regions with temperate climate is suitable the carrots grades ripening longer more, such carrot is stored better and there is probability to keep harvest till the spring.
Processing of seeds of carrots before landing
All who at least once planted carrots perfectly know that only about 70-80 percent of seeds ascend. To increase viability, seeds need to be filled in previously with not boiled water of room temperature and to leave for 6-12 hours. Later the put time all sunflower seeds, unsuitable for landing, emerge, they need to be removed and thrown out accurately. The remained seeds throw back on soft rag, turn and leave at the room temperature for 24 hours. During this time sunflower seeds will inflate and process germination will accelerate.
Where it is better to plant carrots
The root crop is not recommended to put on the same place several years in a row as the soil which is especially not fertilized becomes poor on elements, useful to growth of carrots. It is necessary to pay attention to what cultures grew in the chosen place to carrot if it were fennel, parsley, celery or parsnip, then it is better to refuse the chosen bed, the harvest after these predecessors will hardly be good, it is better to give preference to those allotments where grew potatoes, cucumbers, garlic, tomatoes, onions or cabbage.
The place for landing of carrots is chosen solar, otherwise the root crop will be small and not juicy.
How to plant carrots seeds
First of all prepare bed, dig over the earth, introduce necessary fertilizers, fresh manure it is strictly forbidden to use then on the ground draw grooves, no more than 2-3 cm in depth, at distance of 10 cm from each other. Then the soil is humidified and start landing of seeds. Carrot sunflower seeds land 2-3 cm at distance, subsequently they will be easier to be passed through.
How often it is necessary to weed carrots
While carrot ascends and gains strength for growth, it is necessary to delete weeds in process of their emergence. Excess saplings on allotment deprive root crop of necessary nutritious elements and slow down growth of carrots. Often the first weeding on carrot allotment is carried out still before the first seeds arise.
How often to water carrots
The root crop needs watering throughout all term of growth and ripening, because of lack of moisture small, sluggish and not juicy carrots grow.
When to plant carrots on food and on storage
To receive crispy root crops as soon as possible, some summer residents sow carrot right after snow convergence, in this case in June it is possible to receive the first harvest. But the carrot planted in such early terms is not stored in the winter therefore for winter storage carrots are landed, since the end of May till the second decade of June.