Carrot - this is a vegetable that in many cases impossible to replace. It is used for dressing many dishes as a spice, consumed raw, making juices.
It is located a huge amount of vitamins and nutrients, one of which - carotene, it is used by the body to synthesize vitamin D. There are many varieties of carrots.
It may differ in color, shape and size, as well as taste. Any variety is suitable for salads, and for raw food it is better to choose a sweeter one.
Grow this culture very easyBecause of this, there are carrots on every garden plot. Like many other plants, it grows well not only in open ground, but also in greenhouse conditions.
The advantages of such cultivation will be that the vegetables ripen much earlier than in the garden, it is easier to control the wealth necessary for the growth of substances in the soil, it does not require a lot of care and supervision, less exposure to pests and diseases.
When to start landing?
When the greenhouse is heated, the cultivation of carrots is possible all year round, but it is usually used on an industrial scale, and when it is the usual blanks for yourself in a simple greenhouse, then early harvest can get already in May.
When to start growing early carrots in the greenhouse? To receive the harvest in May, it will be necessary to plant the seeds in the garden in early April, enough light will get into the greenhouse, and the carrot will be protected from possible frosts.
However, it is worth remembering that must pick early varietieswhich are suitable for growing in shelters, as some grow well only in the garden and ripen in September.
Greenhouse requirements
Grow carrots in greenhouses have become relatively recent, the usual way seemed more simple and familiar when planting is done in early May or in the winter, but now got spread and greenhouse cultivation.
It can be a standard polycarbonate construction, or covered with a film.
The main thing - monitor adequate ventilation in the greenhouse and for how much light enters it, but it already depends on the correct location.
Variety selection
To the selection of seeds should be approached with special care, as the future crop depends on good seed. In addition to germination, it is necessary to pay attention to such a nuance in the characteristics, such as the possibility of landing in shelters. Breeders do not advise to put in a greenhouse everythingIt is worth paying attention in this case to the following varieties of carrots.
- Minicore. Wonderful sweet carrot variety. Sizes are small, not more than 20 cm, but the taste is very high.
- Mokush. One of the earliest varieties of classical cylindrical shape. Root vegetables juicy, bright sweet.
- Eli Nantes. Very sweet early carrots. Color is orange, sizes are average.
- Amsterdam Forcing 3. Early variety with smooth elongated fruits. Juicy root vegetables, suitable for both canning and eating raw.
- Mokum. This early variety can be grown in the soil, in the greenhouse, and besides in containers, and in this case, the planting begins in the winter, and by the spring they are eating their fresh carrots. Root vegetables are small, juicy, with a pleasant smell.
Early carrots - varieties for planting in the greenhouse:
Rules of growing and care
If the gardener planted carrots at least once, then this method of sowing will not cause him any labor. First thing should pick up the ground, add to it all the necessary fertilizers, they are necessary, despite all top dressingthat are introduced as the plant grows.
The soil should be soft, without lumps and debris. For planting in the greenhouse, we make even shallow rows. Depth should not exceed 2 cm. The distance between the beds is about 20-25 cm. The larger the roots, the greater the distance.
The basic rules for care include:
- Timely watering, although it is not a very moisture-loving plant, when drought, the roots become crooked and unfit, so it is worth watering the crops as soon as the soil begins to dry.
- Weeding. Any weeds must be removed. In addition, it is worth remembering about thinning the carrot itself, it is necessary when it grows up, to pull out weak plants and leave only the most viable, it is necessary for its further growth.
- Regular application of fertilizers and fertilizers. This usually occurs when watering with a certain frequency.
- Timely pest and disease control measures. Even if the plant is healthy, it needs to be done for preventive purposes, as there are many diseases that can affect carrots. And from pests it is necessary to carry out tillage even before sowing seeds, it’s good to do it in a greenhouse is easy compared to open ground in which this is impossible.
In order to get good and quality the harvest, you do not need to have special skills and be an experienced gardener, just want to get this extremely useful vegetable on your site, but at the expense of the greenhouse this can to make earlierwithout waiting for the cold autumn days.
