Bitterness in root crops of carrots nullifies all efforts of gardeners on the grown-up harvest. Irreversible process. What should be known that carrots were not bitter, and the harvest was in joy and on health.
Some of the reasons for which carrots accumulate bitterness in the root crops:
- The infertile or acidified soil. Carrots will give equal sweet and juicy root crops on the prime quality lands enriched with humus. It is more preferable to deoxidate sour soils not in year of landing, and in advance, at least in the fall of last year.
- Damages of root crops by carrot fly. Carrots should be cultivated in the places which are well blown and lit. In time the carried-out two times thinning of shoots and landing by number of onions cultures will constrain the attacks of carrot fly.
- Lack of moisture of initial stage of growth of plants. During initial stage of growth of ""kids"" it is necessary to water, waterings in the absence of rains are especially relevant.
- The made green heads at root crops. Grades which have ""nerve"" ""to look out"" of the earth it is necessary to hill or pour the soil during the entire period of cultivation. Root crops of such old grades as the Moscow Winter A-515, are completely submerged by Shantane in the soil and heads at them do not turn green.
- Crops of low-quality seeds. Sometimes, that wild seeds get to sale also together with grade. Happens that the producer saves, and instead of seeds of hybrids of F1 uses the second generation of F2.
- Salinity of the soil because of mineral fertilizers. Carrots feed up as required, several times during the season. So, introduction of phosphorus-potassium fertilizing at the end of summer will be appropriate. Phosphorus gives gentle structure, and potassium - sugar content.
Overdue outplanting of harvest of root crops can affect quality also negatively. If to overdo the ripened carrots in the earth, then the return processes can go. Carrots start over again taking roots in the soil and gathered sugar ""run away"".
You should not dry long root crops after outplanting in the sun. The harvest after cleaning and drying is lowered to the basement at once. Excess sunshine dry up root crops, at carrots thin skin.
Not the defective damaged, sick root crops in the course of storage in the basement can provoke fungal ""sores"" and give bitterness.