How to plant carrot seeds

Carrot is a kind of healthy food, which is welcomed by many people in the market, so how to grow carrot seeds? Let's take a look at it.

First, planting time

Carrots are planted in two crops, mainly in summer, that is, sowing seeds in July and August, so that they can be harvested in November. With the demand of the market, there are varieties sown in spring, which should be in February-March earlier. If the temperature in the open field is low at this time, it can be chosen from mid-late March to early April, and the time of bolting too early should be advanced accordingly. If sowing is too late, it is easy to cause waterlogging.

II. Planting techniques

The main results are as follows: 1. It is suitable to grow in loam with deep soil layer and good drainage effect. if the soil is clayey, it needs to ensure good drainage, which determines whether the cultivation is successful or not. Deep ploughing the land and applying base fertilizer to ensure nutrition can choose mature organic fertilizer.

2. To screen suitable seeds, soak them in 37 ℃ of warm water before sowing, wait 12-16 hours, then fish them out and put them in a cool place to dry, which is beneficial to the emergence of seedlings in the later stage.

3. Before sowing, rake the soil several times to ensure that the surface layer is flat, sow seeds on it and cover the soil layer of 1.5cm. In order to ensure uniform sowing, you can mix it with sand.

4. Pour enough water after sowing to ensure that the soil is moist so as to make the seeds full of vitality. Their emergence rate is very slow, and weeds often grow first, so they need to be sprayed with pesticides to remove weeds.

The cultivation of carrots is relatively simple, the yield is also relatively high, and can be planted in a relatively large area.