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The early ripe variety of Nandrin carrots is loved by farmers and ordinary gardeners. In the last decade, this variety has gained great popularity. Carrot Nandrin F1 is a hybrid that is sown in both huge fields of farmers and small beds in vegetable gardens. The variety type of this hybrid is Nantes/Berlicum. Seeds arrive in Our Country from Holland, which is engaged in the production of the Nandrine F1 hybrid. They are treated with a special substance that prevents diseases from developing and repels carrot pests, so soaking should be avoided before sowing.
Description
Since Nandrin is an early ripening carrot with a growing season of 95 to 105 days, it has time to ripen in a short summer in the Center of Our Country and in its Northern regions.
This carrot has a very beautiful appearance: the fruits have a regular cylindrical shape, smooth, without cracks and other flaws, the tip is not sharp, but rounded. The weight of a mature fruit is from 150 g to 250 g, the length reaches 20 cm.
Features
This variety has a dense, juicy, sweet pulp with a high content of carotene. Due to the small core, the amount of pulp increases, which makes it possible to obtain more vitamin-rich carrot juice. People say: “Carrots add blood”, so this juice is used in the treatment of anemia, lack of vitamins, especially vitamin A.
How to store
Hybrid carrots are stored very well, without losing their qualities. In the vegetable storehouse, it perfectly lasts until the end of spring, unlike other early ripening varieties. It follows from this that Nandrin carrots, due to their ability to maintain their presentation for a long time, are of interest for trade. Therefore, you can buy Nandrin carrots at any counter, be it a market or a store at almost any time, right up to the new harvest.
What is the yield
Nandrin F1 is one of the high-yielding varieties of carrots. Farmers usually harvest 5-7 kg of fruits from one square meter, which means that 1-50 tons of this wonderful product is obtained from 70 hectare. On a personal plot, with manual cultivation of beds, you can achieve a larger yield – about 8-9 kg per square meter.
Rules of agricultural technology for Nandrin F1 carrots
This variety does well in light soil with low acidity. He likes watering, but not excessive, as waterlogged and heavy soil is not for this carrot.
Sowing
Carrot is a rather cold-resistant plant, for germination it is enough that the earth warms up to 3-4 degrees. Do not worry if frost hits again after sowing.
Even emerging seedlings are not afraid of frost down to -4 Celsius. Carrot seeds are small, the content of essential oils in them is quite high, which slows down the germination process. Seedlings appear only 14-16 days after sowing.
You can adjust the ripening time of fruits with several crops:
- In order for fresh carrots to appear on the table as early as possible, they should be sown in the winter, around mid-October, while there is no snow.
- If you sow Nandrin carrots in the spring, as mentioned above, that is, it will be possible in August.
- To harvest in late September-early October for storage, sowing must be done in mid-June.
Before sowing, it is necessary to remove all weeds and carefully loosen the soil in the garden. Make grooves at a distance of 15-20 centimeters from each other. Spread the seeds in these grooves, keeping 1-2 cm between them, so as not to thin out in the future, which can cause injury to the plants.
Conditions for a good harvest
- It is important to choose the right place to land. There should be no weeds in the garden, especially large ones like wheatgrass. It is good to plant carrots after cucumbers, onions, cabbage, nightshade crops, since organic fertilizer is usually applied under them, which is quite enough for carrots.
- The acidity of the soil should not be high, within 6-7 units.
- It is better to fertilize the soil before sowing carrot seeds only with complex mineral fertilizers.
How to care for carrots
- When seedlings reach about three centimeters, they need to be thinned out so that the distance between plants is about two centimeters.
- After some time, when the diameter of the root crop becomes 0,5-1 cm, thinning should be carried out again. Now leave between carrots from 4 to 6 centimeters.
- During this period, weeding is very important. In order for the plant to gain strength, nothing should interfere with it and take nutrients from the soil. Therefore, all weeds should be removed, then loosened between rows to ensure oxygen access to the root crop.
- While the fruit is pouring, it needs watering, not too frequent and not too plentiful (5-6 liters of water per 1m2).
When to Harvest
The earliest crop of Nandrin carrots is obtained at the second thinning. At this time, the root crop reached a size of about 1 cm in diameter, which indicates its suitability for food. At this time of the year, this is especially valuable, since there are still few ripened vegetables in the garden.
When the fruits of the June sowing are fully ripe, they need to be dug up with a pitchfork, gently pulled out by the tops, shaken off the ground and folded along the edges of the beds to dry. After 3-4 hours, you can start preparing carrots for storage, that is, cut the tops, sort the fruits by size, small ones can be used for animal feed or juice, put medium and large fruits in a container, sprinkled with dry sand or sawdust. Remove to the cellar.
Subject to agrotechnical rules, the harvest of Nandrin F1 carrots will be excellent. Farmers and amateur gardeners give good reviews about the Nandrin hybrid. Most of all, it is valued for its high resistance to diseases and pests, abundant harvest, keeping quality, excellent taste characteristics and fruit uniformity.
Testimonials from truck drivers
Reviews about this carrot from our gardeners are good. Here is some of them: