Planting carrots in the Urals - terms. Carrots: growing in the Urals

Carrots are a very useful root crop, very unpretentious and popular. Cultivate it in all regions of the country. Including in the Urals. Know what the rules of care for this plant, probably, probably all summer residents. However, novice farmers often make mistakes when growing carrots, which seriously affects yields. Therefore, in the article, step by step, we will consider how the carrot is planted in the Urals, and how to properly care for this root crop.

Terms of planting

To begin with, let's figure out when to actually plant this culture. The timing of planting carrots in the Urals is not much different from the time of sowing in other areas of the middle belt. Their choice with respect to this culture is a very important issue. On how well seeded magpies are chosen, the yield of carrots depends directly. It is impossible to tighten with a landing in any case. When the soil is heated to 10 degrees, various parasites develop in it, capable of damaging tender young roots. But also it is impossible to plant carrots too early. Otherwise it will go into the arrows. Roots in this case will not develop.

The optimal time for sowing is considered mid-late April, when the air on the street warms up to + 10-15 degrees during the day and up to + 5-7 at night.

Sometimes the planting of carrots in the Urals is made in the fall. However, since the winters are rather cold in the Urals, local dacha dwellers do this very rarely. If someone wants to choose this way of planting, it is best to sow the crop after the temperature of the soil reaches at least +7 degrees. Otherwise, carrots will give germs, which in the cold will simply freeze.

Seed preparation

Thus, the time of planting carrots in the Urals - April month. But whenever it is sown (even if the seeds are germinated), it will grow slowly enough. To not wait for the emergence of sprouts for too long, the seeds are planted before planting to germinate. To do this, they are wrapped in a damp cloth (moistened with a not too concentrated solution of ash) and placed in a refrigerator for a couple of days.

You can proceed to planting after the appearance of the first rootlets. Seeds need to be slightly dried (for half an hour).

Preparation of beds

Planting carrots in the Urals, as in other regions of the country, should be done correctly. This culture has one more feature. Unlike most other root crops, it does not tolerate manure at all. If you fertilize the beds, the roots will grow "shaggy" and ugly, lose their flavor, and will also be worse stored.

However, you need to fertilize the soil before planting. To do this, use mineral fertilizers. Very good for increasing the nutritional value of the soil is suitable, for example, such a mixture:

• Urea - 10-15 grams,
• Potassium chloride - 15-20 grams,
• Superphosphate - 30-40 grams.

This amount of fertilizer is enough for about 1 m2 of the bed.

Choose a place

As in any other region of the central strip, planting carrots in the Urals is usually done in a sunlit place. As the first shoots rise very slowly, it is advisable to choose the site least affected by weeds. Grass shoots can simply score. Steaming the same carrot is very difficult.

The best predecessors for carrots are cucumbers, cabbage, potatoes and tomatoes. She does not tolerate the neighborhood of dill. When choosing a place for a bed, all this must be taken into account. In this case, the carrot will not hurt and will yield a good harvest.

Landing

So, with such questions as the timing of planting carrots in the Urals, the choice of location and training, we have figured out. Now let's see what the rules of planting this culture are. The depth of seeding of carrot seeds depends on the type of soil on the site. If it is heavy and clay, you should not penetrate the planting material more than 1-1.5 cm. On light soils, the seeds are closed 2 cm.

Planting material in carrots is very small. Therefore, sowing should be done carefully, trying to distribute it along the previously made groove as evenly as possible. In the future, carrots will have to be thin a couple of times. This operation is also quite responsible. Removing extra plants, you can damage the rest. To avoid this, many summer residents resort to a variety of tricks.

For example, to seed the seeds in the groove less often, you can mix them with a small amount of sand. And it is better to purchase a special planting material in granules. In this case, carrots can be planted just like other root crops. That is, make in the ground depressions and put in each a granule. Thinning plants with this technique of sowing in the future will not be exactly necessary. Planting carrots in the Urals in granules - the method is actually very convenient.

Sow carrots in rows, the distance between which should be about 20 cm between the plants themselves leave 3-4 cm for varieties with a long root crop and 5-10 cm for cone-shaped carrots.

After the seeds are planted, they need to be sprinkled with earth, and the bed itself should be gently poured. Then on the surface of the ground pass inverted rakes. This is necessary in order to increase the contact of seeds with soil moisture. This is how the carrots are planted in the spring in the Urals. If you follow all the rules, you can get an excellent crop of this culture. But, of course, only if it is properly produced.

CARE CARE

The climate in the Urals practically does not differ in any way from the weather conditions in other parts of the central part of Russia. The summer here is usually arid. A sufficient amount of moisture is that it loves carrots. Cultivation in the Urals of this root will be successful only if timely periodic irrigation. At first, the soil under the plants is moistened twice a week, pouring not too much water on the bed.

As soon as the rootlets grow, the frequency of watering can be reduced. The soil under the adult carrots is moistened approximately once a week, while increasing the amount of water.

Feed the plants twice a season. Instead of manure or compost a solution of nitroammophoska (1 st.lv per 10 l of water) is used. The first fertilizing is carried out a month after emergence, the second - three weeks after.

Harvesting

The timing of the collection of root crops depends on the variety. Not bad for the Urals are such, for example, varieties, like "alenka", "tushon" and "vitamin". The first variety ripens very early. To pull out the roots of this variety Ural summer residents begin within a half to two months after planting. This carrot is actually very tasty and sweet.

"Tushon" ripens somewhat later (for one and a half weeks). This carrot is great for cooking pilaf. Even the young roots give the dish a pleasant taste.

"Vitamin" carrots are late. His roots mature three months after planting. In terms of the content of vitamins, as already can be judged by the name, this is the best carrot.

As you can see, carrots (growing in the Urals - a simple procedure) - root crops unpretentious, but requiring some attention. If you do everything right - do not hurry up and do not delay with the terms of planting, do not thicken beds and do not use manure, you can get just an excellent crop of this crop.