Daucus carota The carrot is a vegetable hard biennial Umbelliferae family originated in central Asia, Afghanistan. It grows thick root that grows in the growing season. Biannual
:
To complete the cycle takes two years but in the carrot root is used only in a few months so collected. The first year is a root and a few leaves. In the rest period and grows a short stem flowers are formed in the second season. Carrot flowers are white.
Using carrot :
can be eaten raw or cooked, you can scratch, chopping, juicing or cooking them whole. Can be stored in winter. Have more nutritional value in soups, stews and salads. Are high in fiber and sugar and is high in vitamin A.
carrot Types:
-Large, can be eaten cooked or raw.
-Long and fine packaging.
-Manojillo, are tender and sweet to eat them fresh. Variety
:
- Parisian (root radius, early).
- Rondo (drift of Paris).
- Amsterdam (cylindrical, thin, medium-long).
- Chantenay (elongated conical, sometimes with red heart, hold on to cracking).
- Guerande (short taper).
- Little (fine roots, a finger).
- Nantes (elongated cylindrical).
- Flakee (more elongated than Nantes, blunt end).
- Mallorquina (early, slightly greenish neck).
- Antares (cylindroconical, resistant to breakage.)
- Long Imperator (deep orange, root long).
- San Valery (long, big and pointy).
- Tip-Top (early, drifting from Nantes).
- Danvers (U.S., similar to the chatenay).
- Carson F1 (hybrid type chatenay).
- Nippon (hybrid type Nantes).
- Tino F1 (type Nantes). Growing
:
grow slowly, can be planted alongside other short cycle such as lettuce. It is a biennial plant, the first year are removed and the second raics flourish and get the fruit. Can be planted in sandy soil in anticipation.
Temperature:
Ideally, planting in temperate climates with a minimum temperature of 9 degrees and opima 16 to 18 degrees. Supports up to 5 frost and freezing temperatures above the age of 28. Soil
:
The best soil is aerated soil, clayey, deep and it does not dry very quickly.
prefers soils rich in organic matter. Solid floors are thinner carrots and small and at risk of rotting in the water. If the soil is rocky out deformed if the soil has a lot of organic waste out raies corky.
not have to repeat the field where it was grown in 4 or 5 years.
are recommended as previous crops tomato, leek and onion.
land preparation:
have to make a first pass deep (moldboard) and a more superficial grower. Must be plowed so that this airy, no lumps or organic debris for good root formation. They are typically used plateaus of 1.5 meters and 4 bands of planting. Sowing
:
must choose the different varieties according reccolectarlas anytime. Grow best when planted in spring. Those that are planted in midsummer small and sweet is collected in autumn.
The seed is pulled over the ground and rises from 10 to 15 days, if performed in various crops can be collected in various crops. Can not be planted until the soil is 5 degrees.
varieties that come before it takes 7 to 10 days to leave, the normal 10 to 16 days.
are seeded to 1 inch of depth to 15 separate centimentros away, every 2 or 3 weeks. The soil must be moist but not flooded.
The plants have to be 8 cm between them. If you are going to sow broadcast is throwing it to throw 80 grams of seed per area, so the distandia between plants is 15 x 20 centimeters.
germinate best in warm, moist soil, this can be achieved with plastic covering the row of carrots.
If planting is done at random, will be used by area about 80 g of seed, leaving the final distance between plants of 15 x 20 cm, which suggests that if they remain at distances of less need to proceed to the thinning of plants and leaves when the first plants have emerged.
Irrigation: Irrigation
need enough in summer, especially in dry soil. Weeds
:
is very sensitive to competition, it is imperative to remove them at first. Can be removed with a hoe be careful and do a deep cleaning to avoid damaging the roots.
Collection:
, harvested before it is completed (up to 5 cm in diameter). The period for the collection ranges from 3 to 7 months depending on variety and time of year be planted. Beware the strategic and clean the land. Can be harvested at various times of the year. Have to be collected before they are ripe because the very large have less flavor.
Those that are planted in summer can be left until the first frost. Straw can be placed to catch them even if the land is frozen because of the cold preserved. Conservation
:
can be stored in refrigerator, in a hold buried in moist sand or a garden in a pit covered with straw. You can save between 4 to 6 months with cut leaves, because although the leaves can be eaten take away moisture and nutrients. You can freeze if it is sterilized.
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