On the package with seeds carrot looks smooth, no fancy shapes of the same color and size. However, gardeners often have to dig up warped, cracked and hairy roots.
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The reasons for poor harvest
Of the main factors that affect the quality of the crop of carrots, we can highlight the following:
- Priming. On dense, stony and loamy soils poorly developed root and becomes strange shapes. Poor soil slows the growth of carrots. Lack of nutrients and organic fertilizers also contributes to slowing the growth of the culture. It is not necessary to grow carrots on beds, which until then were cultured tomatoes and cucumbers. Culture poorly developed on acidified soils.
- Over-fertilization of the soil. Make fertilizer for sowing carrots with caution. A large number of feeding could negatively affect the taste, size and shape of the root.
- Improper planting. Growing carrots implies a correct and timely crop thinning. The distance between the root crops to be not less than 4 cm.
- Wrong watering. With an excess of moisture in the soil carrot cracks. The bursting of the root is not suitable for long-term storage.
- Poorly chosen grade. It must be chosen depending on growing conditions and soil type. Major varieties are not suitable for hard and stony soils.
- Pests. The larvae of carrot fly strike root in the spring. From this culture loses its presentation, poorly developed and is deformed.
poor selection and poor quality hybrids can be added to the above list.
How to protect the culture from cracking
To improve the quality of the crop of carrot cultures should adhere to the following rules:
- Plowed soil in the spring at a depth of more than 20 cm. Keep the soil, remove small stones and trash.
- Regularly change landing location cultures.
- The soil can be diluted with coarse river sand. This prevents deformation and curvature of the vegetable.
- Moderately make fertilizer use only humus organics. Fertilize ridges rotted compost. For its preparation, use biological agents.
- Systematically loose earth. This will ensure the access of oxygen into the inner layers of black earth.
- Abundantly watered beds at the initial stage of formation of carrots. Keep watering to a minimum in the last 3 months of cultivation. Do not water after heavy rains and cold weather.
- When thinning, use caution and do not zadente adjacent roots.
- Remove the roots, which have been attacked by pests. Do not leave the affected area on the tops.
- Time to carry out weeding. Weed does not evaporate moisture from the soil.
- When choosing seeds to give their preference for hybrids F1. F2 hybrids of wild varieties taste like carrots.
- Use mosquito netting to protect crops from pests. You can use the biological fungicides.
- Mulch your landing. The mulch may be applied as hay and straw. Sawdust mulch is not recommended. Sawdust and wood chips is strongly acidic soil that harm vegetable crops.
Produce harvested only in dry weather. This will protect the roots from cracking.
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