Carrots: varieties and hybrids

Carrots are grown. Not at all, it grows juicy, large, beautiful and sweet. Despite the fact that this root crop comes from the southern countries, it is well established in our northern gardens. Carrots are unpretentious. On well-fertilized, drained, friable soils, it grows without requiring special care, only abundant watering and weeding.

Selection of varieties of carrots

The main thing in growing carrots is properly selected varieties of carrots and healthy seeds. Seed centers offer a wide range of carrot seeds. To choose the most effective of them, it is necessary, first of all, to determine the goals.

Carrots, whose varieties are most common and popular, can not always justify the hopes of a good harvest. The climatic factor here is of no small importance. It is best to purchase zoned varieties. They are cold-resistant, often suitable for podzimnego sowing.

There are varieties that can be called universal. These include "Nanteskaya 4", "Karotelka", "Shantane". Carrots of these varieties have the necessary consumer properties, unpretentious, little susceptible to disease.

For seasonal cultivation, it is recommended to use several varieties of carrots simultaneously. So, for the early harvest is good carrot varieties "Shantane". She early ripens - for 95 days, well kept in the winter. The "Carotel" round roots of the original form, it is better to use it fresh.

Carrot varieties "Nanteskaya 4" is good for autumn sowing for the winter, especially since it has a long vegetative period - about 4 months. This variety is famous for its excellent taste qualities, but it is not suitable for long-term storage.

Long-term storage of carrots

Given the characteristics of varieties, an experienced gardener can provide and early harvest, using seeds of early-ripening varieties, and make carrots for winter. Recommended varieties of carrots for storage, such as "Vitamin 6", "Losinoostrovskaya 13", "Flakke", "Red Giant". The property of root crops to maintain their consumer properties and juiciness for a long time in the vegetable growers is determined by the professional term "keeping quality". Excellent carpiness is different carrots variety "Red giant". It should be remembered that no matter how good the variety is that promises good keeping quality, long-term storage of root crops is possible only if certain conditions are met: observance of the temperature regime, humidity level, absence of poor-quality specimens.

Sweet carrots

In ancient Rome, carrots were considered a delicacy and served for dessert. In modern cooking, carrots are used in dietary nutrition, in meat dishes, salads, desserts. Taste qualities of carrots are of great importance in the preparation of a dish. So, in some cases it is desirable to use carrots with a low sugar content, but most often sweet carrot varieties are claimed.

The variety "Polar Cranberry" is characterized by an increased sugar content. Another advantage of this variety - from sowing seeds to maturing it needs only two months. This precocity makes it very convenient for cultivation in the northern latitudes.

The already mentioned "Red Giant" retains a sweet taste during long-term storage until March.

Very juicy, soft and sweet flesh in the carrot variety "Samson". Just like the "Red Giant", it is recommended for long-term storage.

The increased content of carotene and sugar makes the variety "Viking" irreplaceable for baby food.

The sweetest of all varieties and hybrids offered by breeders are carrot varieties "Sugar Lacquer".

The assortment of seeds of different varieties and hybrids of carrots is great. A variety of combinations of their properties and features allows you to choose those varieties that most meet the requirements.