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  1. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    I once decided to plant carrots in the winter, so that in spring time would not be wasted on it. But to my great disappointment, I spent much more time on it than during a normal spring planting ... After the snow had melted, the soil on the bed was very compacted, I had to carefully loosen the aisles. And I did not notice in advance where the rows of carrots are located, so I had to loosen at random. When the seeds began to germinate, I was horrified: my whole bed was in bald spots! As a result, in addition to loosening, carrots had to be sown in some places.
    By the way, the difference between the carrots, planted in autumn and spring, I did not notice. Most likely, now, knowing all the mistakes that I made during the autumn sowing, you could experiment again, but I, perhaps, agree with my mother: the candle is not worth it.

    And further. At us the earth heavy, maybe, therefore at me the negative result has turned out.

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  2. Maria SERGEYEVA, city of Kaluga

    I plan to plant carrots so that there is a sweet crunchy root in both summer and winter.
    Carrots that we eat in the summer, planted in the winter, in late October. For winter planting, I choose Vitamin 6 and Alenka. Both varieties are characterized by good germination and rather large root crops. Shoots during winter planting, especially if you cover the bed in spring with covering material, appear early - at the end of April. Therefore, the crop begins to ripen in June. And by the end of July I clean early carrots. I plant green manure on the empty beds to prepare the land for the next planting of carrots.
    Carrots for winter storage are planted in mid-May. The late- and medium-ripening varieties are well preserved and give a rich harvest: Shantane 2461, Nelli, Nantes 4. With proper agrotechnics, it is possible to grow root crops weighing up to 500. Shantane is also good because it is not as sensitive to the mechanical composition of the soil. Carrots of this sort carry well even clay soils. Root crops give equal and large, as for selection.
    I harvest the autumn harvest in the middle of September, dry it, put it in boxes and put it in the basement.

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  3. Tamara

    I’m writing from Kolyma, you know what the weather is like here. Something to grow is very difficult, very damp, we live by the sea. I plant carrots in open ground, but it grows very poorly. Last year, beds were covered with polycarbonate - the crop is better, but a very large tops, it lays on the ground and begins to rot. My question is: is it possible to crop carrot tops? Will it affect the crop?

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  4. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    KEEP THE CARROT IN THE FILLERS
    I want to share the advice on storage of carrots for the winter in sawdust, which I keep carrots for 4 year.
    For storage I use any kind of carrot. Sawdust for storage is also suitable for any, most importantly - to dry. I store carrots in small wooden boxes, fall asleep in 2 layers. I put a layer of 2,5 cm of sawdust on the bottom of each box and carefully lay out the carrots, after which I again pour a layer of sawdust, then again a layer of carrot and fill it with sawdust from above. With this method, carrots are well stored - do not decay, do not fade, maintains density.

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  5. Rimma NEZLOBINA, Moscow Region

    Somehow experimented with the late carrot and left a couple rows, planning to dig it after a strong frost. But when these frosts came, I completely forgot about carrots, and she stayed in the ground until the spring. When in April I came to the dacha, accidentally stumbled upon a forgotten carrot. She not only did not die, but it was very tasty! Roots were fresh, dense.
    Now, every fall, I leave the carrots to winter for a while. But realizing that that year I was just lucky (the winter turned out to be snowy, so the roots were not frozen under thick drifts), I no longer hope for the weather and prepare the carrot for the cold.
    In the 2-th half of October, I cut off the tops and leave it on 2-3 days, and then I pour the carrots with peat on 5-7 cm so that even with a low snow cover it does not freeze. From above I put lapnik, which will protect the harvest from rodents. If there is no peat, you can dip the tops of root crops with soil.
    Root crops stored in the ground remain succulent, do not get sick. But in the spring, as soon as the earth recoils, they need to be digged, otherwise they will start to grow and form peduncles.

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