Carrots contain one of the most valuable vitamins for power supply of the person – carotene. Therefore it is necessary for the person for full-fledged and healthy life. Because of good frost resistance carrots can be sowed and late fall towards the winter, and in the early spring. And when there comes the period of harvesting of carrots?
If to seed carrots in the fall, then it is necessary to reap crop in August and if in the spring – then a little later. But it is obligatory to make it till September 25, that is before night frosts. The main increase of carrots goes in September therefore it is not necessary to hurry with cleaning. Too early cleaning leads to considerable shortage of harvest and forming of small root crops. The big crop of the root crops, the richest on the chemical composition is formed in the second half of September. If to delay cleaning till October, then constant rains and frosts can lead to partial yield losses and it is essential to lower storage lives of root crops.
Carrots root crops accurately undermine and take from the earth. Then cut off tops of vegetable at distance of 1 cm from the end of root crop. Carrots are displayed on the solar place, it is desirable on some substrate (plywood, film, etc.) and properly, dry. Root crops surely sort: in one party postpone absolutely healthy, and in another – small, ugly and cracked. Healthy root crops put on storage, and the others use for processing.
In house conditions carrots can be stored in special boxes, filling up it with the sand mixed with sawdust. It is also possible to make racks on which display root crops in several rows. Even for the best storage of these vegetables carrots can be covered with layer of clay or just to dip into the clay talker. Air temperature in storages has to be above zero, and the humidity is slightly less than 90%.
Surprising fact: after cleaning of carrots on storage the level of content of carotene within the first month increases. Therefore it becomes even more useful to power supply of the person.