When to sow carrots in the year. When to plant carrots in open ground? Early - mid May. Let's look at the most productive varieties

Every gardener always sows carrots in the spring! However, not everyone succeeds. Why? There are many reasons for this: incorrectly chosen sowing dates, unsuccessful selection of varieties, or violation of agricultural practices.

The timing of sowing directly affects the yield of carrots and depends on the variety and purpose of the finished root crops. Carrots are a cold-resistant crop: the minimum required temperature for seed germination is +3...+6°C, seedlings can withstand short-term frosts down to -4...-5°C. According to the ripening period, all varieties of carrots are divided into early ripening varieties, having a growing season of up to 100 days, mid-season - up to 120 days and late-ripening - up to 140 days.

To get early carrots for the table, choose early-ripening and ultra-early-ripening varieties that ripen in 45-60 days; for winter storage it is better to sow late-ripening varieties carrots.

Timing for sowing carrot seeds

For early consumption, carrot seeds are sown from April 25 to May 1, the next sowing of mid-season carrot varieties is May 1 - May 10. If carrots are needed for long-term storage, then it is sown in the first - second ten days of May, until May 25 inclusive.

In the southern regions, carrots can be sown in 2 terms: the first sowing is March 10-20, the second sowing of carrots is May 10-15.

By folk calendar carrot planted when coltsfoot blooms.

When to water, feed and pull carrots?

The first thinning is carried out in the phase of 1-2 true leaves, the second 15-20 days after the first.

The main care of carrot beds consists of timely weeding, loosening the rows, watering and fertilizing. Water carrots rarely, but abundantly and evenly. Loosening of row spacing is carried out simultaneously with weeding.

Sowing and caring for parsnips

Parsnips are grown for their juicy white roots with a specific aroma. The root crop is formed 120-170 days after sowing.

It is better to choose well-lit places for sowing parsnips. Parsnips are cold-resistant and frost-resistant: optimal temperature for plant growth +15...+20 °C, seedlings can withstand frosts down to -5 °C. Agrotechnical techniques for growing parsnips are the same as for carrots. Care consists of periodic watering, loosening and weeding. Root vegetables are harvested in the fall, at the same time as carrots, and stored in the same way.

Parsnip sowing time

IN middle lane Parsnips are sown in the ground at the end of April and at the beginning of May. It is better to sow parsnips for storage later - at the end of May.

Planting and caring for beets

There are a large number of beet varieties of different ripeness groups, shapes and sizes of root crops. Mid- and late-ripening varieties and hybrids are sown for storage; early-ripening varieties are grown “for the table.”

Beetroot belongs to the group of long-day crops, but many modern varieties table beets are adapted both to short day south, and to the long day of the north.

Beet sowing time

Beetroot is a moderately cold-resistant crop: the seeds can germinate at +3 °C. But the optimal temperature when sowing dry seeds is +10 °C. In addition, young beet seedlings may die from spring frosts.

To grow early beets for the table in the middle zone, beets are sown from April 25 to May 5 under a cover made of spandbond or film.

By folk signs beet planting time comes when the aspen blooms.

When to water, feed and root beets?

Beets are photophilous: it is important to weed and thin them on time. Table beets generally require a moderate amount of watering. Systematic watering should be carried out during seed germination and in July-August. Beetroot is very responsive to the application of fertilizers to the soil.

The first time the beets are thinned out in the phase of the first true leaves, the second time after 2-3 weeks, leaving a distance of 5-7 cm. The plucked plants can be used to prepare a green salad. During the summer, the beets are periodically weeded and the soil is loosened between the rows. On dry and hot days, water. Beets begin to be pulled out for food when they reach a diameter of 3-4 cm.

In this article we will talk about choosing the time to plant carrots, consider the process of preparing seeds and ways to achieve best harvest this healthy and tasty root vegetable.

Carrot roots contain a lot of sugar and vitamins (B1, B2, PP, C), carotene, potassium, calcium, phosphorus and other mineral elements. Carrots are eaten all year round fresh, stewed and as a seasoning for salads, vinaigrettes, and many first and second courses. It is recommended by medicine as a highly dietary product.

When to plant carrots

Carrots are a cold-resistant plant. Seeds begin to germinate already at soil temperatures of 4–5°C and even at 3°C. This process is slow and lasts up to 20 days. With more high temperatures(15–20°C) and good soil moisture, the germination period is reduced to 8–10 days. In cold and dry weather, seedlings appear on the 30th day. There are three periods for planting carrots.

Pre-winter planting of carrots

To obtain a harvest in June, carrots of early ripening varieties (vitamin, Losinoostrovskaya, etc.) are sown in the fall before the onset of soil frosts, so that the seeds do not begin to germinate in the fall (in this case, ripening is accelerated by two weeks). Given the sharp temperature fluctuations, given time planting is rarely used to avoid seed loss. With warming, the seeds have time to germinate and with the onset of constant sub-zero temperatures, the plants die.

Planting carrots in early spring

Most people prefer to plant carrots in the spring. Carrot shoots can withstand short-term subzero temperatures(-3°C, -4°C), so seeds can be sown as soon as the snow melts and the ground thaws.

An even earlier harvest is obtained by sowing seeds at the end of winter - early spring (February - March) in greenhouses and greenhouses or in simple film shelters. Carrots ripen in two and a half to three months.

In order to speed up the emergence of seedlings, create a temperature of up to 20°C. With the emergence of seedlings, maintain a temperature of 12–14°C and air humidity of 80%. Then, when the root vegetables begin to thicken, the temperature is increased to 16–18°C. Then all activities are carried out as in open ground.

Spring planting carrots

The optimal temperature for growing carrots is 20–25°C. Approximate time for sowing seeds – last days April – early and mid-May. It is carried out exclusively in moist and prepared soil. Spring planting optimal for producing winter supplies.

When to plant carrots according to the lunar calendar

The lunar calendar suggests that the best time to plant carrots in 2016 is April 24 and 27. To create winter reserves for lunar calendar in May - the 2nd and 4th are favorable, as well as the period from the 17th to the 20th. It is best if the lunar calendar coincides with optimal temperature conditions and good soil moisture.

The best soils for carrots are structural sandy loam and loamy soils, with deep fertile layer, loose, with a neutral reaction. To avoid infection by diseases and pests, carrots should not be grown in the same place every year. It is best to alternate it with other crops, returning it to its old place after 3 years or more.

Only when good lighting plants you can grow a good crop of carrots. A place is selected for it that is well lit throughout the daylight hours. In the absence of light, plants stretch out.

Carrots are demanding in terms of the presence of microelements necessary for nutrition. In soils that are poor in nutrition or insufficiently fertilized for previous crops, it is necessary to autumn processing Add decomposed humus or compost to the soil (5 kg per 1 m²). New manure should not be used for carrots, because after application it does not affect the yield, and the root crops are deformed.

The plant responds well to fertilizing the soil before sowing with wood ash (150 g per 1 m²). Ash should be added in two stages, most of it when digging up the soil, and less when loosening it with a rake before sowing. The application of mineral fertilizers is also effective ( optimal combination: 20 g of ammonium nitrate and 30 g of superphosphate and potassium chloride per square meter) mixed with peat and humus.

Then plant carrots

It is better to plant carrots after:

cucumbers;
cabbage;
sea cabbage;
potatoes;
tomatoes;
beets;
Luke.

What carrots to plant

Carrot seeds should be selected according to sowing time. For sowing in pre-winter time and early spring you should choose early and mid-ripening varieties (vitamin, Nantes, etc.).

And for sowing in spring time– late-ripening varieties that are most suitable for storage (Moscow winter, Chantanay).

For pre-winter sowing, the seeds are not processed. They should be dry and not sprouted. To obtain an earlier harvest when sowing in spring, the seeds are soaked in the solution for 24 hours baking soda(8 g of soda per liter of water), or in solution boric acid(0.2 g per liter of water). After this, they are kept moist for a week on cloth or cotton wool until germination.

How to plant carrots in open ground correctly

When sowing, the norm should be strictly maintained - 0.5 g per m². To comply with the norm, carrot seeds are added to the sand in a ratio of 1/5. Most summer residents add radish seeds to carrot seeds. Radishes emerge before carrots and indicate their location for subsequent processing.

Carrots should be planted with seeds in the ground to a depth of 2 cm, and on light soils - 3 cm. It should be taken into account that during pre-winter sowing, the seed planting depth is reduced by 1 cm. If there is a lack of moisture in the spring, the seed planting depth should be increased by 1.5 centimeters. The distance between rows when planting early-ripening varieties should be at least 15 cm, and for late-ripening varieties at least 25 cm.

Planting tapes with seeds already attached have long been common in gardening stores. But to save money, it’s better to prepare the tape yourself. Besides, it's not difficult at all. A wheat flour paste is first applied to the paper. The seeds are glued in the middle at a distance of 5 centimeters from each other. The finished tapes are placed in open ground with the seeds facing down.

This method eliminates the need to first thin out the carrots. Ribbons can be prepared at any time of the year. Carrots should be planted on tape with the same planting depth as during normal planting. open ground, the distance between planting tapes also depends on the variety of carrots (15–25 cm).

How to thin carrots

After the first shoots appear during the period of leaf formation, the carrots are thinned out, leaving 2 cm between shoots. After the formation of small root crops, thinning is repeated, leaving 4 cm between them (for large-fruited varieties, 5 cm).

It is extremely undesirable to be late with thinning, as the growth and development of plants deteriorates. A delay of 2 weeks reduces the yield by about 15–20 percent, and a month by 60 percent. After thinning, the carrots need to be watered well.

How to feed and care for carrots

If you periodically (once a week) loosen the soil between the rows of carrots, you can even prevent the appearance of weeds. Liming is required acidic soils. Often, due to frequent rains, the soil may become waterlogged. In this case, it is necessary to make drainage ditches. Excessive humidity leads to rotting of the root crop.

Micronutrient intake by plants different periods growth is not the same. The largest amount of nitrogen is consumed at the beginning of the growing season, potassium - in the second half. Phosphorus is consumed almost evenly throughout the entire growth period. Carrots take up a lot of calcium from the soil. Fertilizers must be applied based on the characteristics of this crop.

It is necessary to hill up the top of the root crop protruding from the soil, as it can turn green under the influence of sunlight, and the root vegetable itself will taste more bitter. When 2-3 leaves have formed, the plants are fed if they look weak.

To do this, use bird droppings by dissolving it in water with a ratio of 1:10, or dissolving slurry (1:5). After two weeks, the plants are fertilized again. At this time, 3–4 leaves are already formed. It is effective to use ammonium nitrate in a ratio of 30–40 g per 10 l of water, adding superphosphate and potassium chloride (30 g per 10 l).

The last feeding is carried out after the last thinning of carrots in dry form: superphosphate (5 g per 1 m²) and potassium chloride (2–3 g per 1 m²). It is better to apply these fertilizers in specially made ditches at a distance of 10 cm from the row.

In this video, an experienced lady shares her thoughts on planting carrots.

Good tillage correct landing, dosed application of fertilizers taking into account the content of nutrients in the soil, watering and other agrotechnical techniques make it possible to grow a good crop of carrots without excessive nitrate content.

Planting carrots, tips:

choose the right landing site;
correlate the variety of carrots with the time of planting;
proper care and conditions increase yield;
Feed the carrots on time.

In early spring, after a long winter, you really want vitamin-packed salads made from fresh vegetables. That's what they came up with for early varieties– they ripen within eight weeks after sowing. And already in early July you can eat fresh carrots. But you can get the harvest even earlier. If you sow carrots before winter, the root crops can be harvested as early as mid-June.

In addition, such early carrots have fruits that are juicier, sweeter and larger than with conventional sowing. And all this because it grows in early spring, when the soil is very moist. Moisture is very important both for seed germination and for the growth of root crops themselves. The result of such winter planting is friendly shoots and rapid growth carrots. Such winter sowing has one significant disadvantage: these root crops cannot be stored for a long time. But there are some advantages.

Many gardeners think that carrots will not sprout after winter frosts, and even if they sprout on the first warm days, they will freeze during the cold nights. You don’t have to worry about this - the sprouts will come out at the right time, and spring gardening chores can be significantly reduced. Moreover, before winter you can plant not only carrots, but also other vegetables.

Where to plant?

Before choosing a site for winter sowing of carrots, it is important to remember that they love loose soil. Therefore, the garden bed should be made where the soil is lighter and more fertile. It is advisable that it be in a sunny place so that in the spring the snow melts from the garden bed as early as possible. It is best to plant carrots in the garden before winter, rather than scallops, so that in the spring the seeds are not washed away by melt water.

It is better to sow carrots after onions, potatoes, cabbage, cucumbers and tomatoes. After harvesting, you need to remove all remaining weeds and various residues from the garden bed, and then plow the ground well. When plowing you need to add mineral fertilizers. Organic fertilizers(fresh manure) will not be suitable, since after them carrots cannot be planted in this place for two years. The soil should be ready by mid-October.

Carrot shoots. © Amelia

What varieties of carrots can be sown before winter?

It should be remembered that not all varieties are suitable for winter sowing. Good harvest will produce cold-resistant early and mid-ripening varieties. For example: shantane-2461, Moscow winter A-545, vitamin-6, Nantes-4, incomparable, Losinoostrovskaya-13.

When to plant carrots?

You need to sow carrots just before frost, on frozen soil. It is very difficult to give specific dates, since the climate in Russia is unpredictable. You need to guess so that the seeds do not germinate before the onset of frost, because each year the cold comes differently. Sowing in October is very dangerous, since when a thaw occurs, the seeds can germinate, and subsequent frosts will destroy them. Therefore, you need to sow carrots by mid-November, but it is better to increase the seeding rate.

Carrot shoots. © gardeningtheorganicway

How to sow?

You need to sow carrots before winter with dry seeds (no need to soak and germinate them first), since such seeds will not germinate before the due time. Carrot seeds are small, and to ensure accurate sowing, you can use a special seeder.

For the winter, carrots need to be sown according to the following scheme: prepare grooves (1-2 cm deep), pour seeds there, and cover with dry, warm soil on top. After this, lay a layer of peat or humus (about 2 cm) and compact the soil on top a little. When the first snow falls, you need to rake it onto the bed and press it with spruce branches.

In the spring, when the snow melts, the spruce branches need to be removed. And as soon as the snow has completely melted from the garden bed, you need to install low arches on it and cover them with film or non-woven material. This will make the carrots ripen even faster. Further care consists of loosening, weeding and thinning.

Most favorable days for planting root crops of carrots, parsnips and beets: March 4, 24-27, 30-31 - April 1, 23, 27-28 - May 19-20, 23-24 - June 2-3, 21-22.

Planting carrots in spring 2016 according to lunar time sowing calendar

The timing of sowing directly affects the yield of carrots and depends on the variety and purpose of the finished root crops. Carrots are a cold-resistant crop: the minimum required temperature for seed germination is +3&hellip-+6°C, seedlings can withstand short-term frosts down to –4&hellip-–5°C. According to the ripening period, all carrot varieties are divided into early-ripening varieties with a growing season of up to 100 days, mid-ripening varieties - up to 120 days, and late-ripening varieties - up to 140 days.

To get early carrots for the table, choose early-ripening and ultra-early ripening varieties that ripen in 45-60 days; for winter storage, it is better to sow late-ripening carrot varieties.

Carrot sowing dates

For early consumption, carrot seeds are sown from April 25 to May 1, the next sowing of mid-season carrot varieties is May 1 - May 10. If carrots are needed for long-term storage, then they are sown in the first - second ten days of May, until May 25 inclusive.

In the southern regions, carrots can be sown in 2 terms: the first sowing is March 10-20, the second sowing of carrots is May 10-15.

According to the folk calendar, carrots are planted when the coltsfoot blooms.

The most favorable days for sowing carrots in the spring of 2016 according to the Lunar sowing calendar:

in March: 24–27, conditionally favorable – 4, 30–31;
in April: 27–28, conditionally favorable – 1;
in May:
in June:

When to water, feed and pull carrots?

The first thinning is carried out in the phase of 1–2 true leaves, the second 15–20 days after the first.

Sowing parsnips and caring for them according to the Lunar sowing calendar of the gardener and gardener 2016

Parsnips are grown for their juicy white roots with a specific aroma. The root crop is formed 120–170 days after sowing.

It is better to choose well-lit places for sowing parsnips. Parsnips are cold-resistant and frost-resistant: the optimal temperature for plant growth is +15...+20 °C, seedlings can withstand frosts down to –5 °C. Agrotechnical techniques for growing parsnips are the same as for carrots. Care consists of periodic watering, loosening and weeding. Root vegetables are harvested in the fall, at the same time as carrots, and stored in the same way.

Parsnip sowing time

In the middle zone, parsnips are sown in the ground at the end of April and at the beginning of May. It is better to sow parsnips for storage later - at the end of May.

The best days for planting parsnips in the spring of 2016 according to the Lunar sowing calendar:

in March: 24–27, 30, conditionally favorable days – 4, 30–31;
in April:
in May: 24, conditionally favorable – 19, 20, 23;
in June: 21–22, conditionally favorable – 2–3.

Planting beets according to the Lunar sowing calendar of the gardener and gardener 2015

Beetroot belongs to the group of long-day crops, but many modern varieties of table beet are adapted to both the short days of the south and the long days of the north.

Beet sowing time

To grow early beets for the table in the middle zone, beets are sown from April 25 to May 5 under a cover made of spandbond or film.

Video: Lunar calendar. Carrots and beets. May 2016

According to popular belief, the time to plant beets comes when the aspen blooms.

Favorable and conditionally favorable Lunar days for sowing beets in 2016:

Video: Lunar calendar of haircuts for March 2016. Favorable days

in March: 24–27, 30, conditionally favorable –4, 30–31;
in April: 23, 27–28, conditionally favorable – 1;
in May: 24, conditionally favorable – 19, 20, 23;
in June: 21–22, conditionally favorable – 2–3.

When to water, feed and root beets?

Beets are photophilous: it is important to weed and thin them on time. In general, table beets require a moderate amount of watering. Systematic watering should be carried out during seed germination and in July–August. Beetroot is very responsive to the application of fertilizers to the soil.

Favorable days for caring for beets, carrots and other root crops according to the 2016 Lunar Sowing Calendar:
watering on any day except 15–16, 25–26 February - 14–15, 23 and 24 March - 10–11 and 19–21 April, 1–2, 7–8, 16–18, 29–30 May - 4 -5, 13–14, 25–26 June - 1–2, 22–23, 28–29 July - 6–8, 18–19, 25–26 August -
application of complex fertilizing: 4, 5–7, 8–10, 14, 22–24 February - 1–4, 6, 28–31 March - 1, 6, 24–30 April -
May 3–5, 22–26— June 4–5, 23–24, 27–28— July 3–4, 26–27— August 1, 2, 4, 5, 11–13, 21–31
fertilizing with dry fertilizer: February 25-26 - March 14 and 15 - April 10-11 - May 7-8 - June 4-5 - July 28-30 - August 25-26.

Changing phases of the moon also affects growth cultivated plants, and for their fruiting. This was noticed by man long ago, and today it is successfully used by gardeners to obtain friendly shoots and a good harvest.

Carrots, which occupy not the last place in the plantings of summer residents, are also subject to the influence of the night luminary. A lunar month, lasting 28 days, is exactly four weeks, each of which corresponds to its own phase of the earth's satellite.

When to sow carrots according to the lunar calendar, so that the germination rate of the seeds is high, and the size pleases them, they are even and tasty?

Growing Moon and carrot shoots

As the Moon waxes and its crescent becomes wider and brighter, nutrients and moisture from the soil actively rushes from the root system to the foliage and tops.

For the benefit of the future carrot harvest in these two weeks there will be:

feeding young plants;
thinning and picking of seedlings;
weeding in the beds.

Often the first week after the new moon is considered good time for sowing, but this is not true for carrots. Since the summer resident’s goal when growing this crop is the root crop, and not the lush tops, it is better to move the timing of sowing carrots into open ground.

Is it possible to plant carrots during the full moon in spring?

While the moon remains in all its glory in the sky, root system garden crops clearly weakened and sensitive to all kinds of interventions. These days you can not only plant carrots, but also thin out densely sprouted shoots. After all, the resulting root damage during a full moon is extremely difficult for plants to tolerate.

Since the above-ground parts of plants, including seeds, are rich in useful substances, this is an ideal time to collect planting material for next season.

When can you plant carrots on the waning moon?

When the lunar disk begins to wane, the juices, which were moving towards the crown before the full moon, change direction, and nutrients rush to the root system. This means that the time is coming when you can plant carrots, beets, radishes and other similar crops.

Seeds that fall into the soil in the third week of the lunar cycle actively produce roots. And in grown plants with developed foliage, root crops are formed. If the carrots react calmly to damage to the above-ground parts, then it is better not to carry out any work affecting the roots these days.

But carrots, like other root vegetables, respond well to:

and growth stimulants;
abundant watering;
pest and weed control;
adding organic matter;
loosening the soil and digging.

This rule applies to spring and, especially, autumn sowing. When planting carrots before winter, the gardener must be sure that friendly shoots will appear in the beds in the spring. While the moon is in its waning phase, the seeds that fall into the soil have all the conditions to take root well.

If the seeds are sown dry, it is better not to hesitate and plant them in the soil when the lunar disk has just begun to shrink.
If swollen seeds are used for planting, they can be sown in the fourth week lunar month, when the aging sickle is already noticeably narrowing.

Root crops harvested during this period are of decent quality and are stored well and for a long time.

New Moon and Lunar Eclipse

The growing season is slowed down during the new moon, so it will be useful to refuse any work related to transplanting, weeding and planting. The crops will not be able to fully absorb fertilizing if it is done on days close to the new moon. It is much more useful to devote time to weeding.

Determining the timing of sowing carrots in open ground according to the Zodiac

All root vegetables, not excluding carrots, are close to the elements of the Earth, therefore they respond better to care on those days of the month when the moon is in the signs of Capricorn, Taurus or Virgo.

The period of time when it is better to sow carrots before winter, in the middle zone, may better begin in October and end at the end of November. At the same time, the seeds should remain dry, which will delay their germination, but during a long autumn and warm winter such crops risk dying.

In different regions, carrots are planted in spring according to the lunar calendar at different times, because climatic conditions in the south and north of the country differ significantly. The main thing is that the soil is ready to accept seeds and does not lose melt moisture, and that the waning moon falls on the days of the Earth signs. If such a combination is difficult to achieve, the work is carried out at the end of the Moon from a favorable sign.

Watering and feeding carrots according to the lunar calendar and the Zodiac

The phases of the moon do not have a serious impact on watering plants, but it is possible to make water supply more efficient and economical. To do this, it is better to water carrots on days when the Moon is in the signs of Scorpio, Pisces, and Cancer.

Mineral fertilizers for carrots are applied on the waxing moon, and herbal infusions, stimulants and other organic matter are applied on days when the night star is already waning. Moreover, such events will make more sense when the Moon passes through the signs of Taurus, Cancer, Scorpio, Capricorn or Pisces.