Top dressing for root crops - gardeners' recipes Not everyone can boast of yields of sweet and even carrots, juicy poured beets and fragrant beautiful leeks. And after all, root crops grow flawlessly, and in the fall the result is not the same - and that's it. What's the secret? Experienced gardeners talked about the final feeding, which must be done in August. Feeding with yeast ...
Garden and cottage - read more ... Root crops - advice and feedback from readers
Planting root crops after harvesting the main harvest Planting and sowing work in the garden usually ends in May, and summer residents then happily take a breath, switching to creating optimal conditions for plant growth. But it seems to me that if you are a real gardener and really set your goal on cultivating the land, then the "spring call" should be continued until mid-summer. Indeed, in July, ...
Garden and cottage - read more ... Repeated planting of root crops
Diseases of carrots, parsley, parsnips and celery All vegetables from the Celery family (ie carrots, parsnips, celery, parsley, fennel and dill) have common diseases that manifest themselves at different stages of plant growth. The main diseases are caused by fungi (powdery mildew of leaves, septoria leaves, phomosis, cercosporosis, white, gray and black rot of root crops), less often bacteria and very rarely viral diseases and nematodes. ...
Garden and cottage - read more ... Diseases of carrots and other celery roots
Storage conditions for root crops Harvest storage is the main concern of gardeners in the fall. Perhaps the most difficult thing is with root vegetables: they are quite demanding. It is not easy to create optimal conditions for them in the apartment. What affects the keeping quality of root crops? Not all gardeners think that preparation for storing carrots and beets begins long before the time of autumn harvesting. We take the first step, yet ...
Garden and cottage - read more ... Root storage - conditions and methods