Tips for Growing Organic Carrots : zimfarmproject |
Posted: January 11, 2018 |
There's in no way like new home developed carrots. They are phenomenally fresh and succulent. Carrots for the home garden come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. More often than not carrots store well in the ground over the winter, so gather of crisp carrots all through the season is conceivable.
For the fourth planting season, after successful maize and sugar bean harvests, carrots were planted. Unlike our first harvests where irrigation was necessary, this planting season has received excessive rain causing rapid and extensive weed growth.
Our public donation organization keeping with the mission of increasing employment in the community, especially for women and girls, Our non profit organization for donation hired them to tend and weed the fields. The first two crops we chose to grow were maize and sugar beans, both staples of the Zimbabwean diet.
Once these fields were harvested, we decided to grow root crops. Carrots are classified as a root crop and grow best in cool weather. They are an incredibly nutritious source of vitamins, including K, B6, and C among others. The rich orange color that typifies carrots is due to carotene, which is converted into Vitamin A when we eat them. Vitamin A is a powerful antioxidant which has a critical role in maintaining healthy vision and neurological function.
Carrots are high in fiber and sugar, which makes them the perfect to eat, whether cooked or uncooked. When harvested, they are washed, but it is advisable to rewash them prior to consumption.
The tips below to help you Growing Organic Carrots :
Ø Carrots develop best in a dirt free of lumps and stones. The roots turn if the dirt is rough.
Ø Try not to utilize crisp compost it causes shaggy roots.
Ø Exorbitant nitrogen will likewise cause bushy roots.
Ø Carrots grow best when soil temperatures are 55-65
Ø Poor germination comes about if temperatures are over 80 degrees
Ø Carrots taste and develop best on the off chance that they develop rapidly before the warmth of summer.
Ø They don't prefer to be water focused and require intensive watering
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