How to plant carrots for the winter

Carrots - one of the most popular vegetablecultures in our region. Long spread about its benefits will not, as almost everyone knows that regular consumption of this vegetable in food contributes to the improvement of vision.

How to increase the yield?

Today we will talk about how to increaseharvest, without using tons of fertilizers for this purpose and especially sophisticated agrotechnics. All this can be achieved when the farm practices the planting of carrots for the winter.

Choose the soil

If you plan to plant carrots for the winter, thenIt should be done only on a site that has a light and fairly fertile soil. The soil must necessarily be loose enough, quickly released from the snow in the spring.

You can count on a high yield only inThe case of soil with a slight alkaline or slightly acidic reaction, which contains a sufficient amount of organic substances and which is completely cleared of perennial weeds. It is possible to plant carrots under winter on former marshes (taking into account the corresponding fertilizer).

The main thing - protection from the wind!

Be sure to select sites that are well closed fromwind. The bed should be perfectly even and wide enough, otherwise the small carrot seeds can simply be washed when the snow melts in the spring. If you live in the southern and heavily arid regions, you will have to worry about snow retention beforehand.

After what crops can you plant carrots?

It is best to plant carrots after those crops,which are quite demanding on the soil. Excellent predecessors will be cabbage or potatoes. But do not expect a normal harvest if the carrot is planted under winter in the same place where this crop was grown for a couple of years. To avoid trouble with pests or diseases, carrots need to be returned only after three to four years.

Fertilizers and other "chemistry"

As for fertilizers, this plant needs to be plantednot earlier than three to four years after the manure was introduced into the soil. If we do this for the first or second year, then all the root crops will be either hollow, or they will contain a huge amount of nitrites.

Since in many regions of our country the soilsour, before planting carrots they need to be deoxidized. On the square meter of the bed in this case a glass of ordinary wood ash is introduced, but it is better to use 350 g of chalk.

Soil disinfection

Then prepare a solution of copper sulfate (per 10 lwater - a tablespoon of the active substance). For each square meter of the area, two liters of such a mixture are added. After this, the carrot begins to plant in autumn.

To prevent seed washing (as alreadyit is said above), you need to plant them only in ridges, the height of which is not less than 15-20 cm. It is best to use the ancient method, when the sides of beds are strengthened with boards. The site is harrowed and carefully leveled.

We're landing!

The depth of the grooves for planting is not less than 5 cm,the distance between them is kept within 0.2 m. After the onset of frost, seeds are sown in these holes, and they should be filled up with pre-prepared land, stored up to this point in the home. On top of the bed mulch with sawdust, the layer of which should be at least 3 cm.

By the way, what are the terms of planting carrots? Given the complete unpredictability of the climate, it is necessary to start the process after the onset of steady morning frosts.

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