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What Happens If You Trim Carrot Tops Before Harvesting: A Popular Myth Debunked
18.08.2024 10:39
Lack of experience forces novice gardeners to listen to the advice of various experts who know how to harvest a rich vegetable crop.
Kind people advise cutting off carrot tops before harvesting. This method is good for the root crops, advisers say, since the tops take a lot of their energy.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told how to do the right thing.
Trimming carrot tops
In a nutshell, the advice is supposed to improve the quality of the carrot harvest.
Beginning gardeners are forced to believe that the tops take up a lot of energy and nutrients, which is why the root crop does not develop well.
How to do it right
It is no secret that without the above-ground part there can be no photosynthesis, which disrupts the development of any plant.
For carrots, trimming the tops can lead to growth retardation and rotting.
Therefore, the tops can be cut only after harvesting and preliminary drying before storing.
