Growing purple carrots - planting and care (Kurgan region)
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PURPLE CARROT VARIETIES - CULTIVATION AND CARE
Orange outfit goes out of fashion
Well, yellow - still no matter where, but dark purple carrots are eaten, as they say now, dumbly. But in vain! It contains the most vitamins and other very useful substances, and it didn’t let us down in taste. Will we try?
PURPLE CARROT - A GIFT TO THE CULINAR
For many years I grew the same variety of carrots - Chantane 2461. I succeed best of all, so I stopped experimenting with varieties of orange carrots a long time ago. At one time, it sowed up to 10 varieties, and although the bags and names were different, carrots always grew the same.
A couple of years ago I wanted a variety, and I decided to grow purple and yellow carrots in the country. I really liked these colorful root vegetables, so I want to share my experience.
In general, I think so: in the country it is best to grow something that is not easy to buy in stores. For example, a yellow carrot. Do you know that it is used in the preparation of a real Central Asian pilaf? I tried it - very tasty! I think now is your time to try this wonderful dish, but first we need to grow this yellow carrot.
I bought varieties of seeds Mirzoi yellow 304. Although they write that color carrots are capricious, I grow it almost as much as regular orange.
Before sowing, I put the seeds in a rag, tie them in a knot and drop them on a long string in a barrel of cold water for two or three days. There they swell and are hardened.
Then I bury them in the same rag for two or three days in a pile of humus, which is already heated by the sun. At this time, the essential oils are eroded, which prevent the seeds from germinating.
Upon expiration of the specified period I dig up the nodules from the ground. The seeds in them are already swollen, large, almost sprouted. I poured them into a bowl and powdered with ordinary starch. Now they no longer stick to the fingers and are clearly visible on dark, wet ground. Gently lay them in the grooves at the correct interval and sprinkle with sand or dry earth.
See also: Unusual varieties of carrots and beets of different colors
The bed for sowing carrots is better to cook in the fall, but it is also possible in the spring: dig the soil to the depth of the spade bayonet and introduce a well-rotten humus (1 bucket on 1 sq. M). Then form a bed with a rake, make grooves, spill them with hot water and lay carrot seeds. For nakliuvshihsya seeds is dangerous if the topsoil dries out, so cover the bed with a film, and preferably with non-woven material.
If you do not have the opportunity to arrive at the site within two weeks after sowing, cover the garden with spruce or pine spruce branches, left over from the winter shelters of strawberries or heat-loving flowers. After the emergence of the carrot shoots, remove the foil or spruce branches.
DRAGON WITH MEDICAL EFFECT
I planted purple carrots out of curiosity. It turns out that a curiosity of orange and golden yellow carrots was familiar to us until the 16th century. But the carrot discovered by archaeologists, cultivated from ancient times until about the XVI century, had a rich purple color.
Occasionally there were rhizomes of red, white, and even green and black flowers! But the usual orange color brought Dutch breeders only in the XVI century. So now, growing a carrot of a strange color, we, it turns out, are returning to its original form.
Since I learned about the healing properties of multicolored root vegetables, I grow them constantly. What is useful in purple carrots? Firstly, it is rich in vitamins A, B, C, E. Secondly, the content of beta-carotene, which is so famous for any carrot, in a purple root vegetable is several times higher than in the usual orange. Thirdly, violet carrots contain a number of macro- and microelements that a person needs.
It is established that it has anti-inflammatory effect, strengthens the immune system, improves eyesight, stabilizes cholesterol levels, normalizes blood pressure and metabolism. In addition, there is information (for certainty, however, I cannot vouch for) that the carotenoid lutein contained in purple carrots slows the growth of cancer cells.
What I want to draw attention to. In search of seeds, I was faced with the fact that varieties of purple (purple) carrots are not so much, the choice is limited. I found only four varieties, and even then on the Internet, but only one is on sale - Purple dragon. Remaining three - Purple Elixir, F1 Haze and Cosmic Purple.
The carrot is not too large, about 15 cm long, 2-3 diameter, cm, but the taste is unusual, bright, sweet and at the same time a little spicy. Inside the root is orange.
See also: Cultivation of varicoloured varieties of carrots
USEFUL PURPLE CARROT - VIDEO
© Author: Evgeniya KUTINA. with. Vvedenskoye Kurgan region.
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Tell me what misfortune befell my carrot last season. Her shoots were pale green, and then generally dried out.
What causes this and what needs to be done to prevent this from happening again in subsequent years?
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Apparently, the young plants fell ill with brown leaf spot. The causative agent of this disease affects the above-ground parts of carrots: stalks, leaves and stems at all stages of its growth.
Symptoms
On seedlings, the disease manifests itself in the form of a “black leg”. Severely affected seedlings turn yellow and die.
On the leaves and stems, the ailment leads to the appearance of numerous yellow, and then dark brown spots of an indefinite shape. Most often, the tips of the leaves suffer, which curl, turn brown and die. With severe damage, the plate of the sheet completely dries. In wet weather, a velvety dark coating appears on the infected tissues - sporulation of the fungus. Usually, the disease manifests itself in mid-July, it affects plants especially intensely from late August to mid-September. Carrots are most susceptible to the causative agent of brown leaf blotch in the 8th phase of root growth. At this time, the fungus develops intensively in the tissues of the host plant.
Note
Sources of infection are plant debris, infected roots and seeds. The harmfulness of the disease is high, yield losses can be 30-60%.
Control measures
Agrotechnical measures are most effective in combating this disease. First of all it is necessary to observe the alternation of cultures at the site. The next spring, take a plot of carrots where, in the past season, greens, cabbage, zucchini, early potatoes, cucumbers, squash, spice-like herbs or pumpkins grew. If you use ordinary seeds that have not undergone any treatment, warm them with 8 warm water (45-50 degrees) for 30 minutes or process in a pink solution of potassium permanganate.
When the first seedlings appear regularly during the growth, watering the plants with nettle broth (500 g fresh or 100 g dry on 5 l water), horsetail (1 kg fresh or 150 g dry on 10 l water) or celandine infusion (4 kg flowering plants soaked in 10 l of water). It is also necessary to regularly loosen the aisles.
Chemical protection can also be used. To do this, when the first signs of disease appear (in the seedling phase) and subsequently every 10-12 days, the plants are sprayed with “Modified Azophos” or “Quadrix”. The preparations are used according to the recommendations indicated on the package.