Why carrots and cabbage crack: the main reasons and how to deal with it
In hot summers, carrots suffer from insufficient moisture.
When there is a sharp uneven fluctuation in weather, carrot roots begin to crack, then spoil and become unsuitable for consumption and long-term storage.
Also, if you don’t water the carrots constantly, especially in hot weather, you will get cracks.
Therefore, it needs to be watered regularly and abundantly, and then the spaces between the rows need to be loosened.
The soil in carrot beds should be moist. For good storage of the root crop, 28 days before digging it out of the ground, you should stop watering.
Problem with cabbage during ripening.
Cabbage needs constant watering even more and begins to suffer from its lack. Cabbage heads begin to crack and rot.
Therefore, such cabbage is not suitable for long-term storage.
Large and ripe heads of cabbage are rotated in a circle by 180°, which leads to a partial tearing of the plant roots in order to delay the access of water to the cobs.
This manipulation will prevent the cabbage from cracking and will allow you to get healthy heads of cabbage suitable for storage.
