Carrots are a healthy and tasty root vegetable thatused everywhere in cooking. It is used in canning, for the preparation of culinary delights, as well as in salads and not only. This vegetable contains many useful substances. Most of the nutrients found in carrots grown on their own site. To grow a beautiful root vegetable, you need to know when to plant carrots and how to properly care for the garden bed.
Sowing in open ground
Sowing carrots in open ground is carried out in winter or spring. Everyone decides for himself which way suits him best. Only when to plant carrots?
There are different methods for determining the time of sowing.Someone is focused on the advice of manufacturers, while others determine favorable days according to the lunar calendar. But it is best to decide when to plant carrots, focusing on the weather conditions of the region.
Terms of sowing
Before you buy seeds, you should decidewhen exactly will you eat carrots. If you need to get an early harvest, then acquire early varieties, for medium harvest - medium, and for long-term storage - late. And when to plant carrots of different periods of ripening?
Usually dates of sowing directly depend on termsripening root. Early varieties are recommended to be sown before winter or in the third decade of April. Mid-season planted in the first decade of May, and later - until the end of June. Do not be afraid that vegetables will not have time to ripen. Usually, by the end of October, the roots have time to gain sweetness and mass.
You can plant carrots at different times.This will help to obtain yields of various ripening terms. Subwinter crops will provide a crispy carrot a table for the whole summer, and crops at the beginning of the summer will help prepare the roots for the whole winter.
Seed preparation
Many are concerned about how to plantcarrot. Start sowing with seed preparation. Each summer resident noticed that the seeds have a peculiar aroma. It is given by the essential oils which saturate the seed coat. Before sowing carrots, it is necessary to wash off this oil. To do this, the seed is soaked in water at a temperature of 50 degrees. As soon as it cools, it is drained. At this point, it will turn orange. Then the seeds are washed with water and laid out on a towel to dry.
Preparation of beds
Before planting carrots with seeds, it is necessaryprepare the beds. This is starting to be done in the fall. Into the land of each bed they make rotted manure or compost (at the rate of two kilograms per square meter). Be sure to add a spheric box of potash salt and a full box of superphosphate.
Carrots do not like fresh manure, calcareous soil, ash, excess nitrogen.
In the spring they dig up the earth, make sides - and you can start planting.
Principles of sowing
After you decide when to plant carrots in the spring in your area, you must prepare the beds - and you can safely move on to the crops.
To seedlings were friendly, it is recommended to sow the seeds at the same depth. To do this, take the board, put it on the edge and make a groove.
Every groove shed water and go tosowing. It is easiest to sow granulated seeds by keeping a distance of five centimeters. If the seeds are without a shell, then it is better to pour them on a white saucer and from there take one by one and sow, or you can use a special seeder. How to plant carrots in the ground so that it grows even? To do this, it is necessary to maintain a distance of two to three centimeters between the seeds. In this case it is necessary to thin out the crops. You can sow carrots at a distance of five centimeters. In this case, thinning is not required.
Many wonder how to plantcarrot seeds in open ground, because its shoots are delicate and fragile. Will they be able to break through the crust resulting from watering? Despite its fragility, the seedlings perfectly pierce the earth crust, although some summer residents do not agree with this. They suggest not to water the crops until the sprouts appear. However, this is not entirely true. Carrots will not be able to ascend if it does not have enough moisture, therefore, it is necessary to ensure daily that the bed with crops does not dry out.
Wide row seeding method
Increasingly, one can hear about the wide-row method.landing. How to plant carrots with seeds in the ground by this technology? To do this, prepare grooves fifteen centimeters wide. An onion is planted on the sides: it deters the carrot fly. To form a row, they take a board and lay it flat on the loose earth, press it down. The result is a recess. It is shed with water. Then onions are planted on these edges along the edge, and carrots are sown in the center. Above, you can fill the landing ground or grind.
Sowing germinated seeds
In order to accelerate the emergence of carrot seedlingsSeeds are not only washed with water, but also germinated. To do this, take a small piece of cloth, placed in a bowl and soaked with water. Carrot seeds are laid out on top of the fabric. You should not use gauze and similar types of fabrics, as the roots of carrots can get tangled in their fibers.
After the emergence of seedlings spread in the grooves, covered with earth on top. Be sure to ensure that the top layer of the earth does not dry out.
Planting time for the manufacturer
Many manufacturers point to packaging whenand how to plant carrots with seeds in open ground. Most varieties are planted in early spring, almost immediately after the snow melted. However, it is necessary to take into account the recommendations of the manufacturer and focus on them, especially for late varieties. Most often, manufacturers recommend sowing from April to the end of June.
Sowing by region
Each manufacturer, indicating the time of sowing, allIt also recommends relying on climate conditions in the region. So, in the central part of Russia crops are carried out later than in the southern part of the country. And in the north, it is possible to sow carrots in the open ground only from June, and only early varieties should be ripened by the end of September.
During sowing, you can not worry thatthe plants will freeze over. Carrots are not afraid of recurrent frosts, so if sown at a temperature of 5 degrees or less, it will easily tolerate slight cold snaps.
It is best to carefully monitor the weather tochoose the optimal time for sowing. Otherwise, the seeds will be too long in the ground and may rot. The optimal time is the end of April. At this point, there is a persistent increase in night and daytime temperatures.
In the northern regions of the crop is best carried out not earlier than the end of May. In Siberia and the Urals, do not sow late varieties - the roots will not have time to mature.
Selection of sowing site
And how to plant carrots in the spring, after what crops? The best predecessors of carrots are:
- cucumbers;
- salad;
- bow;
- potatoes;
- tomatoes.
Crop shelter
It is recommended to seed quickly.cover the garden bed To do this, apply covering material or film, old things. After the appearance of the first shoots, the shelter is removed. Otherwise, all crops may rot due to excessive moisture. Through a special covering material, some of the moisture goes away, thus reducing the risk of rotting crops.
Getting a good harvest
To harvest a big crop, you need notonly choose the right time for planting, but also provide full care for plants. Watering plants is necessary as the land dries. You should not create a "swamp", as the carrot does not like excessive moisture. Water the soil should be so that it is impregnated to a depth of twenty centimeters.
During the growth of the beds weed, removeweeds, loosen the soil, thin out thickened crops. All this helps to get large and smooth root vegetables. In order not to thin out, it is necessary to sow the seeds immediately at a distance at which it is not necessary to tug the shoots.
By following all the guidelines for planting and care,You can get smooth, sweet root vegetables. Properly determined sowing dates and selected varieties will provide an opportunity to have on your table a tasty harvest of orange beauty all summer long.
