Delicious mini carrot cultivation at home

Carrots from ancient times to present are well-known foods rich in vitamin A, the content of vitamin B1, C and B2 is very good for the eyes. Just by having a simple plantation technique, housewives had mini carrots and ate at home.

Mini carrots are very suitable for potted plants for gardeners but in townhouses. With simple planting techniques, grown in pots, mini carrots can also beautify your balcony.

Mini carrots (Finger Carrot) morphology and characteristics are the same as regular carrots but their size is just as small as a finger, and especially suitable for growing pots in a townhouse. The edible part of carrots is tubers, in fact its roots. Carrots are famous for their abundant source of vitamin A, their levels of vitamin B1, C and B2 are good for the eyes.

With simple planting techniques, people will quickly get pretty small carrot gardens right at home

Tiny carrots are preferred to grow in cool temperatures between 16 and 21 degrees C. If the temperature is too hot, tiny carrots will not produce tubers or tubers. The temperature is too low, the roots will not be beautiful and the nutrient content will be poor.

The planting of tiny carrots is also quite similar to conventional carrots. You can plant it in 3 crops from July to February next year. For more than 3 months, you can harvest carrots. However, according to experience, you should plant it in September October and then harvest in December and January.

Prepare

Land for planting

Carrot plants can be grown on a variety of soil types, however, it is necessary to have soft soil to grow tubers and drain well. Note when choosing soil that if planted on light soil, sand and coarse grains, the shape of the tuber will be deformed and distorted. If planted on soil too heavy (clay content is too high), it tends to produce a lot of leaves, difficult to produce roots.

Land preparation

Root and root carrots are all ground, so before you grow carrots you should make the soil loose and up the bed .

Planting Pots : You choose pots with a minimum height of 20-25cm to ensure the tubers are best developed.

Choosing pots and soil is the first step in growing carrots at home

About the current tiny carrot seeds in Vietnam, there is no place to produce, so they must be imported from abroad. You can find them at reputable seed stores. Currently the price of tiny carrots is sold at 50,000 VND / pack of 50 seeds and gives a very high germination rate.

Drills

After you have carrot seeds you proceed to the next step of processing through seeds to help them reach the highest germination rate. Tiny carrot seeds have hard shells and feathers, are difficult to absorb, so you need to thoroughly crack the hard bristles and mix the seeds with humus with a ratio of 1/1, water to keep it moist for 2-3 days then sow , seeds will grow evenly.

Mini carrot seeds

After sowing, sprinkle a thin layer of soil onto the seed, you can use chopped straw to cover it evenly and moisten it. For easy care when sowing, you should sow it in rows equal to 20cm distance. After sowing, water once a day in the early morning so that carrots will grow evenly. After 1 week to 15 days seeds will grow.

Take care of

Temperature conditions

The appropriate temperature for growing carrots is between 16 and 21 degrees Celsius, but this variety can also withstand high temperatures of 25-27 degrees Celsius, at the right temperature, the tubers grow to high temperatures. baby Temperatures above 27 degrees C or below 15 degrees C are small, rough, light red, low in vitamin A content in the tubers.

Sprinklers

Regularly watering and moisturizing, usually only need 2-3 days one time irrigation depending on the season. At the stage of tuber formation, carrots need to be supplied with enough water for the growth and development of tubers so you should water them daily.

It is necessary to regularly water plants

Pruning the tree: When the carrot tree grows 5-7cm tall, it is better to prune the badly growing bad tree, just keep the distance of 5-7cm apart from the medium. When carrots start growing tubers, use garden tools to scavenge the soil in the groove to cover the bed surface so that the tubers fill the tubers so that the roots will not be green due to exposure to light.

Harvesting fruits

After about 100 days after sowing, the leaves below yellow and young leaves stop growing. This is the right time for you to harvest this cute carrot. If you intend to harvest and make food, you should harvest it in the dry and sunny days, which will help your tuber taste better and sweeter.

Remove soil around the tubers and wash with water to remove dirt

Just holding the root and gently shaking it is possible to pull tiny carrots off the ground. After spitting up, clean the surrounding soil and rinse with clean water then cut off the long leaf to leave the stalk about 10cm.