Carrots are a fairly unpretentious culture and almost all summer residents and rural residents grow it on their sites. How this is done, only beginners do not know. However, we still consider in general terms the rules of agricultural technology of this useful culture. Moreover, its cultivation has some of its own characteristics.
Carrots grow well only on sandy loamy soils or light loams. Heavy or poor soil is not suitable for her. Moreover, choosing a suitable fertilizer for carrots is not so simple. The fact is that it is impossible to feed it with manure in any case. This can cause branching of root crops, as a result of which productivity and keeping quality in the winter period will significantly decrease.
Therefore, the place to plant carrots must be taken care of in advance. It is best to grow this crop where organic fertilizers were used last year for plants of other species. Suppose, in place of pepper, cucumbers or tomatoes. Fertilizing carrots during the summer, of course, is possible, but within reasonable limits. When preparing the garden, it is worth adding a little peat and sand to it.
Before planting, the seeds should be soaked for a day in running water. This will facilitate the leaching of essential oils from them. In this case, carrots will sprout much faster. Fertilizer for carrots can be applied immediately upon planting. If you did not use peat in the preparation of the beds and no previous crops were previously grown in this place, you need to mix the seeds with the dust fraction of AVA. This is a modern complex, non-chlorine and nitrogen-free type of top dressing, which can be purchased, for example, in a window flower shop.
Carrots emerge long enough. Have to be patient. The use of fertilizers during this period is generally undesirable. The first sprouts will have to wait at least two weeks. Some time after germination, carrots need to be thinned. Experienced summer residents are advised not to pull out the excess, but to cut them with sharp scissors flush with the surface of the bed. In this case, the roots will not be damaged.
If AVA was not used during planting, you can simultaneously nourish the plants. To do this, use an infusion of weeds, which must be diluted with water in a proportion of 1 x 5. Fertilizer for carrots in this case will be more effective if 1 tablespoon of any potassium mineral product is added to a bucket of the resulting solution.
After 5-6 leaves appear on the sprouts, the plants are thinned out again. At the same time, you can re-feed. This culture can be called potassium lub, and therefore this time it is best to use just such a fertilizer for carrots. The proportion is 3 tbsp / l per bucket of water. This is only possible if peat and AVA along with seeds have not been added to the beds.
Watering the carrots after the second thinning is completely stopped. If you continue it, this is the same as applying manure will lead to the formation of “hairy” or cracked root crops. When such carrots appear, they need to be processed immediately. They are not suitable for winter preparations or storage in the cellar. Carrots should be removed only after the first frost.
Growing carrots is no different in complexity. The main thing is to observe several important rules, and then your work will not be in vain.