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How to Grow Sweet and Smooth Carrots: Have Time to Apply This Fertilizer Before the End of July
21.07.2024 08:07
In the second half of summer, carrots begin to form. All summer residents want the root vegetables to grow sweet and juicy, and also even.
However, the quality of the harvest depends not only on how loose and soft the soil is in the garden bed.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", a scientist, agronomist and landscape designer, told how to grow smooth and sweet carrots.
What depends on care
Carrots will not grow crooked if you follow these tips:
- monitor the planting density and, if necessary, thin out the bed so that there is at least 7 cm between the root crops;
- do not use nitrogen fertilizers, which will cause the vegetable to become deformed, so no herbal infusions, manure or droppings;
- heavy soil needs to be loosened, and the carrot bed needs to be sprinkled with sand so that the root crops grow normally in length and width;
- don't forget to fight pests - it is recommended to use tobacco dust against carrot flies;
- Water the carrots regularly to prevent them from producing too many small roots;
- Don't forget to add potassium and phosphorus.
Fertilizing in July
To ensure that carrots grow not only evenly, but also sweetly and juically, you need to add the following solution.
To prepare it, you will need potassium sulfate or monophosphate (1.5 tbsp. per 10 liters of water).
