Today, gardeners can choose for themselves the type of vegetables the way they like. Let's talk about tasty and healthy carrots today. There are many varieties that breeders have worked on, some of which are suitable for early production, others are used for sowing in the winter.
The main thing for carrots is not only its productivity and ability to persist until a new crop, but also that it is a carrier of carotene and sugar. After all, there is no such person who would not like sweet carrots. The most common among gardeners in recent years has become the Losinoostrovsky variety.
Losinoostrovskaya carrot: variety description
This variety belongs to mid-season vegetables, its growing season is 80-120 days. Carrot leaves have a beautiful green color. Root crops are mainly found in the soil, sometimes visible above the surface up to 4 cm. On light soil easily pulled out.
Losinoostrovskaya carrot has a cylindrical root crop, intense orange in color. Its length is from 15 to 20 cm, weight is 100 or more grams. This variety has undeniable advantages:
• The pulp is quite juicy, orange.
• The core is small, its color is similar to the color of the pulp.
• The tip is blunt, the surface has small lentils.
• Productivity is up to 6.5 kg.
• Losinoostrovskaya carrots are almost not susceptible to disease.
• Stem resistant.
• It perfectly tolerates cold, which is why it can be sown before winter.
This variety is universal. Its excellent taste allows the use of carrots in baby food and for the preparation of juices.
Rules and terms of landing
Smooth beds of carrots with openwork leaves are a real decoration for unsightly areas, even for gardeners with no experience. Carrots are considered the most revered root crops in vegetable gardens at present. Only one who adheres to the rules of cultivation will be able to enjoy a good harvest of beautiful, even fruits.
One of the rules for planting is the timing of sowing carrots. They are directly dependent on the goals of gardeners and on the characteristics of the variety itself. Losinoostrovskaya carrot from winter sowing is used for summer sales, it is not suitable for long-term storage.
To get early production from carrots sown in spring, sowing should be done when the soil warms up to +8 degrees. Try to do this early to use all the moisture in the soil. In the southern regions it will be the end of March or the first of April. The final period of sowing carrot seeds in the south of the country is July 20.
Growing carrots
Almost every summer resident has at least a small bed in which he never forgets to plant carrots. Young carrots will not be superfluous to anyone, you will want to try a juicy and tasty root crop - he went and pulled out. But in order for her to grow up healthy and beautiful, she will have to work hard.
To grow carrots in your garden, you need to know how to choose the right place for planting. The soil should be loose and fertile. The best predecessors for carrots are cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage, legumes and crops, as well as onions.
In poor soil, you can not hope for a good harvest. To fertilize the soil, certain knowledge is needed. In those areas where the Losinoostrovskaya carrot will be sown, fresh manure cannot be brought in this year. If you violate this rule, root crops will be branched. An excessive growth of foliage, coarsening of root crops and an increase in nitrates in them leads to a high dose of nitrogen fertilizers.
Carrots respond well to fertilizer containing potassium and calcium. With increased doses of potassium-containing fertilizers, carrots will become sweeter, tastier, its productivity will increase markedly.
Losinoostrovskaya carrot: reviews
Carrots of this variety, given the reviews of vegetable growers, are appreciated for the following qualities: tasty, sweet, seasoned, cold-resistant, loved by children.
Those who have grown this variety for more than a year, confidently declare that it is in the forefront of the list of vegetables used fresh in the summer.