In the independent cultivation of carrots, there is nothing complicated. Vegetable is unpretentious and hardy, because it is grown almost all gardeners. If you are armed with full knowledge of how to make a correct planting of carrots in spring in the open ground, by autumn you can surely expect an excellent crop of this root.
How to prepare carrots for planting?
Many do not carry out with the carrot seeds any preparatory work - they simply sow them in the ground. However, if you give them a little attention, the planting of carrots in spring in the open ground will have much more success. To accelerate the process of germination of seeds and increase the percentage of their germination, it is recommended to soak them for a couple of hours in water at room temperature, then sprinkle evenly on the surface of a damp cloth and cover, periodically wetting it when it dries.
In this form, the seeds must be kept until they begin to peck. Further, when all the seeds are well swollen, you can harden them by placing them in the refrigerator for 10 days. After such activities, the seeds are completely ready for planting in the open ground. Alternatively, you can simply soak them for 3-4 days in a container of water or a solution of the growth accelerator, and then dry it on the gauze. You decide for yourself whether you need to soak carrots before planting, but definitely that after the sprouts will be more rapid and friendly.
How to plant carrots in the open ground?
If you want to know how to plant carrots to quickly ascended, then you need to know a couple of rules. It is necessary to prepare the seeds and not forget about the preparation of the land directly, where they will be sown. Carrots grow poorly in heavy loamy soil, it needs a light primer. In no case need to fertilize it with manure - carrots will grow weak and stored will be extremely bad. It is better to add some sand to the bed and loosen it up. You can additionally sprinkle it with ashes and dig a groove, depth of 2.5 s in depth with distances between rows of about 20 cm.
How to plant carrots with seeds?
So, the garden is ready for carrots, seeds too. We went directly to the question of how to plant carrots in the open ground with seeds. So that they do not pile up in one place, but are distributed more or less evenly, experienced gardeners mix them with sand. Another option - you can paste the seeds on a roll of toilet paper at the right distance and prikopat such tapes in the prepared grooves.
At what distance should you plant carrots?
The optimal distance for normal root development is 5 cm. Often, planting our carrots in spring in the open ground is much thicker, and we have to thin the beds with sprouting sprouts a couple of times in order to provide carrots with comfortable growth conditions. There are several ways how to plant carrots, so as not to thin out:
- The first is the use of bands of toilet paper, as described above.
- The second way is to use the jelly from the potato starch, into which the seeds are placed and through the nozzle of the kettle pour out into the prepared groove.
- The third option is mixing seeds with a lot of sand and evenly applying the mixture into wide furrows.
- The fourth is the piece-laying of the draped seeds into furrows. To facilitate the task, you can use improvised tools. For example, use a tray of eggs to mark the holes for planting each seed of carrots.
Adaptation for planting carrots
To plant a carrot brought real pleasure, you can use one of the useful devices:
- a marker reminiscent of a rake, but with wooden teeth - they are traced smooth furrows, and with greater pressure, the holes for seeds are designated;
- seedling with a spring and a hole for the dropping of seeds, seeds are filled in it and by pressing on the spring the density of their planting is regulated;
- a useful device for planting many kinds of seeds - a seeder, which can have a different diameter depending on the size of the seeds and the necessary distance between them when sowing.
- radish;
- beans;
- peas;
- garlic;
- bow;
- salad;
- sage;
- tomatoes.
- early varieties can be sown in the second decade of April;
- planting of medium-ripened carrots in spring in the open ground is made during the end of April-early May;
- Late varieties, designed for winter storage - not earlier than June 10-15.
- quality and freshness of seeds;
- the soil;
- the climatic zone and the conformity of the seed to it;
- depth of landing.
- 10 liters of water;
- 2 cups of wood ash;
- 20 g of potassium nitrate;
- a tablespoon of nitrofosque ;
- 15 grams of urea and superphosphate .
What can I put next to the carrots?
Ideal "neighbors" are onions and carrots. Onions scare off carrot flies, which do not tolerate its aroma at all. In addition, the onion scares off the roots of carrots and root mites. Carrots drive away the onion fly and moth from the onion. Good neighbors are carrots and garlic. How to plant carrots to get a rich and delicious harvest, experienced gardeners know. To do this, you need to plant it through a bed of legumes and tomatoes. Here is a more complete list of crops that can be planted next to the carrot:
Then you can plant carrots?
To get good results, it is important to know how to plant carrots relatively to last year's plantings on the selected bed. To avoid depletion of the soil, it is necessary to alternate plants depending on the intake of nutrients. If to speak easier, after tops it is better to plant roots. That is, planting carrots in spring in the open ground can be made after tomato or cabbage. Other suitable predecessors of carrots are potatoes, greens (except salad and parsley), legumes (except beans), cucumbers, garlic, onions.
Dates of planting carrots
Planting carrots with seeds in the open ground is produced at one time or another, depending on the variety:
When does the carrot come out after planting?
The way carrots grow after planting depends on many factors. This process can take a week, and maybe a month. First of all, the shoots depend on the temperature of the environment and the ground. Duly prepared seeds begin to rise already at + 4-6 ° С. If the weather is cool after the planting, the shoots will appear not earlier than in 3 weeks. If the sun warms up the air to + 20-22 ° C, sprouts can be expected already on 7-9 days.
Other factors on which the period of appearance of the first shoots depends:
Carrot care after planting
Competent planting carrots - this is only half the success. For good growth and development, excellent palatability and long-term storage of root vegetables, it is necessary to provide him with proper care throughout the summer period. It consists in timely weeding from weeds, thinning out as necessary, observance of the irrigation regime. By the way, watering plays a fundamental role in the cultivation of good carrots.
How to water the carrot after planting?
At each stage of growing carrots, watering plays an important role. The first watering of the carrot after planting is designed to give the seeds the necessary moisture for germination. At this stage, water is used in the calculation of 3 liters per each square meter of the bed. When the seedlings grow, the water flow increases to 10 liters per square meter. After the abundant growth of the leaves and the beginning of the growth of root crops, it is necessary to fill in 20 liters per square meter. A couple of months before the harvest, the amount of water is again reduced to 10 liters, and a couple of weeks before harvesting it is completely stopped.
Watering carrots do not need to be done often, enough once a week. It must be necessarily systematic and abundant. Frequent and superficial moisturization leads to the formation of lateral roots, deterioration of the shape of the root and its taste qualities. Excessive moistening causes cracking of carrots. Weekly moistening of the soil should occur at a depth of growth of carrots. At the stage of formation of the long root, watering is reduced, which contributes to their aspiration downwardly and to the formation of even and beautiful root crops.
Fertilizer for carrots at planting
Instead of applying fertilizers to the ground, it is common practice to plant carrots in spring in the open ground with seeds that have undergone the soaking procedure. Soak them in boric acid and nitrofosque or in a solution of wood ash (1 tablespoon per 1 liter of water). In the future caring for carrots after planting includes 2 additional fertilizing: a month after emergence and after 2 months. As a fertilizer, liquid compounds are added after the main watering: