Every summer resident who decides to grow carrots expects to form large and tasty root crops.
He also wants to hope that the collected vegetables will last for a very long time.
However, in reality, things often turn out differently: the carrots turn out small, crooked, tasteless and do not keep well.
An expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh reminded about the important feeding for the popular garden crop.
In the final third of summer, you need to add a certain fertilizer - and then the carrots will be crispy and incredibly sweet.
What to feed carrots at the end of summer
In August, it is worth adding some potassium fertilizer to the soil in the carrot bed. The best options are potassium sulfate or potassium monophosphate.
The fact is that the corresponding microelement promotes the accumulation of sugars by the vegetable and the acquisition of resistance by the garden crop to diseases and adverse weather conditions.
It also makes sense to use borofoska.
In what case such feeding is not necessary
Potassium sulfate or monophosphate is not always a mandatory August fertilizer for carrots.
Before deciding to apply any of these fertilizers, the gardener must analyze the condition of the plant and the soil cover.
If there is no indication that there is a potassium deficiency (since the necessary microelement was supplied to the soil before), then you can stop using the product.
Earlier, summer residents were told how to speed up seed germination.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
