Carrot Nantes 4, seeds Search on tape 8m

Carrots “Nantes 4” are a popular variety among gardeners. Its features are high keeping quality of fruits and resistance to flowering. The fruits are well stored at high temperatures (up to + 5C), with prolonged storage they do not lose their juiciness and do not rot. The variety is mid-season 78-108 days from germination to technical ripeness, yield 2.5-6.6 kg / m2. The rosette of leaves is semi-erect, the root crop is slightly raised above the soil surface. The color of carrots is orange, sometimes by the end of the growing season with a green or purple pigmentation of the head, the flesh and core are orange, or light orange. Carrots ripen smooth, cylindrical in shape with a blunt tip, the core is round and angularly rounded. Weight 90-160 g, length 16 cm, diameter 4-5 cm. The pulp is juicy, sweet, taste is excellent. Carrots are suitable for fresh consumption, for canning, making juices, baby food, mashed potatoes. Seeds are planted in the garden in late April – early May. Soil temperature at the time of sowing should not be less than + 5 + 8 ° С. On the prepared bed, grooves are made with a depth of 5-6 cm, the distance between the rows is 15 cm. The bottom of the groove is sprinkled with loose soil, watered with warm water and rolled. Then, the tape is evenly laid out – to a depth of 1 cm. For better germination, before planting, you can spray the tape with warm water so that it is well saturated with moisture. Or soak the tape in gauze for a day. After planting, the furrows are covered with soil, slightly compacting, this will help the seeds on the belt better contact the soil and moisture. The germination rate of the variety is 73-89%. After planting the seeds, the soil is mulched with dry peat or sawdust, with a layer of 1 cm. Instead of peat, you can cover the bed with a transparent film, in 1 layer, or with lutrasil. A space of 5-6 cm is left between the covering material and the bed. If you cover with lutrasil, then you can water the bed on top of this material. Seedlings will be smoother and no crust will form on the soil. After germination, the material is removed. Carrots planted on a belt are rarely thinned out. This is usually done as needed. The distance between root crops, for the “Nantes 4” variety, is 5-7 cm. Be sure to sprinkle the resulting holes from the torn plants with earth. Loosening of the soil is carried out after rain or watering, between the rows. Be sure to remove all weeds. Water the carrot bed evenly throughout the growing season. It is best to irrigate in the evening and only with warm, settled water. Young carrots are watered at the rate of half a bucket per square meter of the garden. Adult plants – 1 time in 8-10 days at the rate of 6-8 liters / m2. For those who visit their garden plots, it is important to remember. If the weather was dry and hot. And upon arrival you will make abundant watering, then the roots may crack, such carrots will lose their ability to be stored for a long time. In this case, watering should be resumed from 2-4 liters / m2, after 1-2 days, watering is increased by 5-8 liters / m2. It is necessary to pour water onto the beds gradually so that the soil can be saturated with moisture by 12-15 cm. Before harvesting for 2 weeks, watering is carried out with abundant 2 buckets per 1 m2. Be sure to consider any rainfall before any watering. Optionally, you can feed the carrots. The main thing is to take into account all the fertilizers applied to this bed. And of course the condition of the plants. At the first feeding, nitrogen fertilizers are applied, 10-15 g of urea per 1m2, potash and phosphorus fertilizers are added to the second feeding, 20-30 g of superphosphate per 1m2, 10-15 g of potassium salt per 1m2. Manure fertilizers are not suitable for growing carrots, since they are not very beautiful and poorly stored root crops. When the plant is underdeveloped, bird droppings (1: 10 or 1: 15) will do to enhance growth. It is advisable to insist the fertilizer for several days in a warm place (stir occasionally). Before watering, the fertilizer is diluted again, 1 liter of fertilizer per 10 liters of warm water. After watering, the soil is loosened, the watering site must be covered with soil. If there is not so much space in your garden and you have to plant carrots in the same bed, then in such a situation you can add wood ash. Twice a year 0.2 kg / m2. For storage of the variety “Nantes 4”, the root crops are taken whole, without cracks. The tops are removed the fruits must be fully ripe. To avoid drying out, carrots must be stored together with the ground, 10% of the total mass. Temperature range 0-1 0С, humidity 98%. If the carrot crop is small, you can process it and freeze it. It is also convenient to store carrots in clay, sawdust, sand.