Carrot Caramel is an early ripe variety with a high yield. It can be plucked from the garden already after 70-110 days after germination. The main value lies in the excellent taste, which has a rich content of sugar and carotene (the less of these components, the more the carrot becomes tasteless and bitter). Still, do not forget that the sweeter the root crop, the more useful it is, providing great benefits to the growing organism. The considered variety of carrots is suitable for baby food, as well as for those who need diet food. The pulp tastes very juicy, sweet.
Description
The root crop has an orange color, it has a cylindrical shape, the length is 15-17 cm, the weight of the fruit reaches 90-165 g, the surface is smooth. A positive feature of many gardeners when describing the variety of Caramel carrots is its excellent keeping quality. This grade has good resistance to cracking and blooming. It can be used to make freshly squeezed carrot juice. If you look at the appearance of the root crop, then a sprawling rosette of leaves immediately catches your eye, the leaf itself has an average size of green color. This variety has a number of other characteristics: dry matter contains 14-15%, carotene content reaches 16 ml per 100 g, and sugar 6.5-7.5. The yield of marketable products is 68-86%.
In the next photo of Caramel carrots below, you can see that all the above words are not an empty phrase, which serves as the basis for numerous positive reviews.
The causes of cracking carrots are:
- soil moisture is uneven;
- excess fertilizer;
- feeding is not quite correctly selected;
- heavy ground (carrots love loose ground);
- carrots are overripe.
To avoid all this, watering should be moderate, watering is best between rows, watering under the root of the plant should be avoided. If the place of cultivation is characterized by a large abundance of rains, then it will be useful to plant lettuce between the rows.
Landing instructions
It is worth remembering that for planting carrots it is best to use sandy loamy soils. It would be better if onions, cucumbers, potatoes were planted in this place earlier. Sowing itself must begin at the end of April in order to get early production. Seeds are planted in grooves, 3-4 cm deep. A distance of 17-20 cm should be observed between rows. When 14 days have passed after germination, thinning should be carried out. After the root crop reaches 1 cm in diameter, a second thinning is carried out, in this case 5-6 cm should be left between the plants. Subsequently, the fruits need careful weeding, watering and loosening. Harvesting of this root crop is usually carried out at the end of September. In early November, winter crops can be carried out, it is at this time that the temperature most often drops to 5 degrees. Only in this case, the seeds are planted in the soil to a depth of 1-2 cm. In order to get carrots for storage, the seeds must be sown at the end of May.
The above variety is becoming more and more popular among gardeners due to its high positive characteristics. It is really useful for the child’s body, which immediately attracts the attention of young mothers.
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