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Fertilizer for carrots and its proper cultivation
Carrots - the culture is rather unpretentious and it is grown on its plots almost all summer residents and villagers. How to do it, do not know unless newcomers. However, we still consider in general terms the rules of agricultural technology of this useful culture. Moreover, its cultivation has some peculiarities.
Therefore, the place of planting carrots should be taken care of in advance. It is best to grow this crop where organic fertilizers for plants of other species were used last year. Let's say, on a place of pepper, cucumbers or tomatoes. Fertilize carrots during the summer, of course, you can, but within reasonable limits. When preparing a bed, it is worth adding a little peat and sand to it.
Carrots grow long enough. Have to be patient. The use of fertilizers in this period is generally undesirable. The first sprouts will have to wait at least two weeks. After a while after germination, carrots must be thinned out. Experienced vacationers are advised not to pull out the extra, and cut them with sharp scissors flush with the surface of the garden. In this case, the roots will not be damaged.
After 5-6 leaves appear on the sprouts, the plants are thinned once more. In this case, you can spend and repeated dressing. This culture can be called potassium, and therefore this time it is best to use just such fertilizer for carrots. Proportion - 3 st / l per bucket of water. This is also done only if peat and AVA were not added to the beds along with the seeds.
Watering the carrots after the second thinning is completely stopped. If you continue it, this is the same as applying manure will lead to the formation of "hairy" or cracked root crops. When these carrots appear, they should be processed immediately. For blanks for winter or storage in the cellar, they are not suitable. Remove carrots only after the first frost.
Cultivation of carrots is not particularly complicated. The main thing is to observe several important rules, and then your work will not be in vain.
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