Carrots are difficult to emerge crops - the number of sprouts is much less than those embedded in the ground. Many summer residents year after year try to plant carrots in different ways so that they sprout faster. But efforts to accelerate seed germination do not always pay off and the results are often disappointing. Common troubles - long germination, ugliness and bad taste of carrots - are usually attributed to low-quality planting material. But that's not really the problem. The cultivation technology has certain subtleties, the observance of which guarantees an excellent harvest.

The timing of the emergence of seedlings

Under favorable conditions, sprouts may appear on the soil surface 14 days after the carrot seeds have been planted. In cold weather, roots emerge after 3-4 weeks. During this time, the bed is overgrown with weeds, which directly affects germination.

The long period of germination is explained by the fact that the root shaft first grows, and only then the shoot begins to break through to the surface. Because of this feature, it is recommended to water the carrots a week after germination, so that the roots, in search of moisture, go deeper into the soil.

What affects seed germination

When stored in a cool dry place, the planting material retains the ability to germinate for 2-3 years. But in any case, only 45-70 percent of the seeds are fertile. You can achieve rapid growth of carrot seedlings by observing the following recommendations:

1. Seed preparation. Planting material should be purchased from trusted suppliers so as not to encounter poor quality products.
2. Landing dates. Some gardeners sow carrots in late autumn, in which case the harvest is ready for harvest two weeks earlier. But if the winter is harsh enough, there is a risk of seeds freezing. When planting in spring, it is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of the type of root crop: it can be early maturing, mid-maturing and late. Early varieties can be planted in beds at an established temperature of + 5 ° C. As a rule, this is the second half of April. May is suitable for planting other varieties, in extreme cases - early June.
3. Processing of planting material. To protect seeds from pests, they need to be soaked in a weak solution of manganese.
4. Priming. The soil must be fertile, capable of providing plants with the necessary nutrients. Ash and compost are suitable fertilizers. When using chemicals, it is important not to exceed the dosage, otherwise the toxic substances will destroy the sprouts.

To make it easier for the shoots to break through to the surface, and the roots have a beautiful shape, light, loose earth is needed. If the site has heavy clay soil, it should be dug up by adding rotted sawdust or sand.

The root crop does not like an acidic environment, a substrate with a neutral reaction is preferable.

Ways to accelerate seed germination

In order for the harvest of root crops not to keep itself waiting long, you can use proven techniques:

1. The garden must be prepared in the fall. The soil is cleared of roots, stones and chips. If the root crop encounters an obstacle in the process of growth, it will bend. Carrots do not like lime and manure, so it is better to add organic matter in the fall, and in the spring to add mineral dressing containing phosphorus and potassium. It is necessary to monitor the nitrogen content, because with its excess, the plant spends most of its energy on growing tops. There is no need to fertilize during the summer.
2. The seeds are sown in grooves, the distance between them is 5-7 centimeters. The depth on clay soils is about 1.5 cm, on loose, sandy soils - 2.5-3 cm. The surface of the recesses should be slightly compacted and moistened with warm water. To scare off pests, the grooves are watered with an ordinary solution of potassium permanganate.
3. The appearance of sprouts can be accelerated by the proximity to parsley, calendula, marigolds. Other root vegetables cannot be placed next to carrots.
4. The planting material does not need to be sown too thick, so as not to damage the roots during thinning. Excess seedlings are removed within the first week after the emergence of shoots. This will make it easier for the plants to recover.
5. To speed up the germination of carrot seeds, you can cover the bed with agrofibre. It is better to water from a watering can with a strainer so that the strong stream does not drive the seeds deep into the ground.

Pre-sowing treatment

Carrot seeds contain a high concentration of essential oils. They create a protective shell that prevents moisture from penetrating inside. If you sow dry seeds, this process can take 20 or more days, and daily watering is required.

In order for the carrots to sprout faster, you can soak the seed a few days before planting. To remove the oil film, the seeds are washed in warm water, poured into a cotton bag and soaked for 2-3 days. Water is replaced with fresh water every 3-4 hours. After spring soaking, the seeds are dried on paper.

If the site often has to deal with pests and diseases, you can harden the planting material in the refrigerator. To do this, the bag is washed in running water, wrung out and placed in the refrigerator for 5 days. Care should be taken to keep the fabric damp. After that, the seeds are dried so that they do not stick together.

Bubbling

One of the most effective ways to get a harvest a week earlier is considered to be soaking with a simultaneous supply of air. If the carrots should sprout faster, you need to carry out the procedure yourself, using a car pump or an aquarium compressor:

• the container is filled with water at room temperature, the device is installed so that the air passes to the very bottom;
• add liquid fertilizer;
• the duration of bubbling is 18-24 hours, but if the shell begins to burst, the seeds must be removed immediately;
• planting material is dried and sown in moderately moist soil.

Germination in a humid environment

To avoid disappointment, you need to make sure the seeds are germinating 1-2 months before planting. To do this, they are soaked in warm water for 2-3 days and sown in a small container with earth. A good indicator is about 80% of seedlings. If the rejection is more than 50%, it is better to replace the seeds or take more planting material than usual, and then thin out if necessary.

To be sure of a good harvest, you need to know how to sprout carrots faster. After hardening, the seeds are laid out on a moistened cloth, covered with a layer of cloth on top. It is not recommended to use gauze, the sprouts can become entangled in it. To prevent the liquid from evaporating completely, it is necessary to spray the bundle from the spray bottle. You can cover the fabric with regular polyethylene and periodically ventilate.

At a temperature of about 20 degrees, the seeds will swell in a few days, and sprouts will appear a little later. Before planting, all germinated seeds emerge already in 5-7 days.

Agrotechnical techniques to accelerate the emergence of seedlings

In order for the plants not to suffer from diseases and attacks of pests, it is recommended to soak the seeds in a weak solution of manganese.

When it comes time to plant early germinated carrot seeds, problems can arise with their even distribution. In this case, some areas will have to be thinned out, while others will remain empty. To avoid this, the planting material is mixed with crumbly river sand, poured into the beds and covered with a layer of soil. You can also purchase paper strips with attached seeds or make your own using paste as a fixing agent.

For carrots to sprout quickly and 10 sowing methods

Crispy carrots!
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Getting ready for sowing.

As you know, seeds have different properties, one of which is the speed of germination. If the seeds of marigolds sprout already on the third day after sowing, tomatoes on the third - seventh, peppers need ten days to germinate, then carrots, which cannot tolerate transplants, and therefore are sown directly on the beds, will lie in the ground for weeks, introducing the owners of the garden into the exciting expectation: "Will it ascend, or will it not ascend?"

Of course, there are techniques for preparing seeds to accelerate germination. The main and most common method is to soak the seeds in water. At the same time, the seed shell is wetted, swells, opens and the sprout, having no obstacle in front of it, quickly breaks out.
Of course, the seeds can also be sown dry. This is exactly what they do with carrot seeds, because few people imagine sowing small and wet seeds that will stick to their hands and are unlikely to fall into the grooves evenly. The heat and moisture present in the ground will still do their job, therefore, a young sprout will appear from the dry seed. But while the carrots sprout, the garden bed will be covered with weeds, which will bring a lot of trouble. I hate "hanging" over the garden for hours, thinning small shoots and removing weeds. This business requires patience, which, however, is enough for my wife. Apparently, this is why, despite emancipation, there is still a division of labor between us, in which the bed of carrots does not concern me. And yet, everyone who grows carrots wants to make this chore of weeding easier and, as it turns out, is easy to do.
Quite by accident I stumbled upon a film posted on You Tube, where Olga Voronova, a landscape designer and author of books on gardening, talks in detail about how she grows carrots. The most interesting moment in the story lies in the preparation of seeds, which promotes rapid germination, as well as in the method of sowing. So, in order:
1. Put the seeds in a rag. Gently roll the rag, pull off with elastic bands, or tie it with threads so that it does not unfold, and hold this rag under running hot water for a minute. The temperature should be around 50 degrees. That is, the water should be hot, but not to such an extent that the seeds are cooked. The human hand tolerates the temperature of such water. Easier for those who have a thermometer.
Such minute procedures should be repeated three times a day for two days. That is, only six times. After each hot treatment, the seeds are placed on a saucer of water at room temperature. Water is required, since the seeds should not dry out during this period.
After the last, sixth, hot treatment, the seeds are dried by placing them on paper, and the paper on a hot battery.
So, the seeds are dried and now we can sow them. But don't be in a hurry. If your seeds sprout earlier than usual, then thinning is still essential. And to avoid this procedure, there is a sowing method described by Olga Voronova.
2. Cook jelly (liquid paste), pour seeds into it, stir, pour into a small teapot, or a children's watering can. In the jelly, the seeds are evenly distributed. Therefore, in the grooves, poured with such jelly, the seeds will be distributed in the same way, evenly. After the carrots sprout, the crops do not need to be unloaded, and the weeds will not have time to gain strength (or maybe even sprout).
Here's a trick! We will try! There is still time to prepare the seeds, but May is just around the corner! Hurry up if someone is interested. Good luck!

10 ways to plant carrot seeds

How to plant carrots correctly? What is the problem, you say, would be seeds. You, as always, were right. :) The main thing is that sowing carrots does not turn into a tedious and time-consuming process. Many ways have been thought of how to avoid this, and I want to tell you about them.

1. The most common way that many people use is sowing dry carrot seeds... Just use your hand to sprinkle the carrot seeds little by little into the grooves. One problem: the seeds of carrots are small, and if you put a lot of seeds in the groove, then they will sprout thickly, and then you will have to sit for a long time in the garden, thin out the shoots. If little carrot seeds are poured, then they may not sprout.

When sowing carrots with dry seeds, you have to wait for shoots for a long time. Because the seeds still need to swell. Of course, there is always at least a little moisture in the soil, but most often carrots emerge after the first rain, and only then their growth begins.

2. Sowing carrots with wet and sprouted seeds will immediately require watering both during planting and in the following days. With this method of sowing carrot seeds, it is necessary to keep the soil moist, otherwise the germinated seeds will die. Naturally, with this method, the seeds germinate faster.

3. There is a method of sowing carrot seeds, in which friendly shoots appear quickly. It is called "Carrots in a bag"... As soon as the first thawed patches begin to appear, you need to dig a hole in the area on the bayonet of the shovel. Moisten carrot seeds in a linen bag with water, put in this hole, cover with earth, cover with snow. In order not to lose the place where the carrot seeds are dug, you need to put any identification mark, for example, a stick. After 10 - 12 days, the carrot seeds are pecked. Then they are taken out, mixed with dry river sand and scattered over the garden bed. The soil is slightly harrowed, covered with foil. Amicable shoots appear already on the 5th - 6th day.

4. The next method of sowing carrot seeds is convenient and economical. Necessary mix one to two tablespoons of carrot seeds with a bucket of sand and scatter this mixture into the furrows. It is important that the sand is dry, otherwise the seeds will not mix well with the sand and the crops will be uneven. Then spill the carrot beds well with water, cover the top with a small layer of soil and you may not approach the carrots until autumn. You don't have to thin out the carrot beds. In the fall, you should have a large and even carrot.

5. Grandma's way of sowing carrots: Pour water into a glass (half-liter jar) and add carrot seeds. Then, after stirring this mixture well, put water in your mouth along with the carrot seeds and sprinkle on the garden bed. So before, when ironing, they sprayed overdried laundry. Sowings of carrots are also more or less uniform.

6. Mixed planting method: For example, you can mix carrot and radish seeds in one cup, add some river sand there for even sowing and sow in the grooves.

The radish rises quickly, is gradually eaten, and all the free space in the row remains for the carrots. In the future, you will not have to thin out such a bed.

Radish can be replaced with any other rapidly emerging and maturing plant. Spinach or lettuce work well for this. The idea of ​​mixed beds is very good and gives good results.

On one bed, you can get several harvests, if you correctly draw up a plan for planting vegetables in terms of ripening. However, in order for the yield of all crops, both early and late, to be high, an increased agrotechnical background will have to be applied: watering, timely loosening of the soil and removal of weeds, feeding with both organic and mineral fertilizers.

7. Crops of carrot seeds can be combined with crops of onions. Onions can be alternated in rows, or you can sow "beacon" onions. At "Beacon" method it is preferable to sow carrot seeds in rows, and plant ordinary onion sets in the same rows. As soon as the onion and carrot shoots sprout, the onions will mark the carrot shoots with a dotted line. This planting method can reduce the labor intensity of weeding at times. This method is convenient because joint planting of carrots and onions protects each other from pests: from carrot and onion flies.

8.Sowing carrots with seeds on a belt... Seeds on tape are commercially available, but you can make one yourself by gluing carrot seeds onto a piece of paper with paste. This technology of planting carrots is very convenient: you just need to pull the purchased or prepared tape along the furrow on the beds and sprinkle it with earth. One but! It's good if you got on the tape exactly the sort of carrot that you wanted to buy. But sitting and sticking carrot seeds is another thing!

9. A great way is to buy pelleted seeds... Each carrot seed is in a hard dragee made of dry hydrogel and fertilizers with microelements. The size of the dragee is also optimal - a little more than a pepper grain, even if the dragee falls out of your hands in the wrong place, you can easily find and pick it up. The dragee is bright in color and so easy to see on black earth. The pelleted carrot seed is provided for the first time with all the essential nutrients.

Recently, I have used precisely coated seeds. In the garden bed, intended for sowing carrots, I make holes at a distance of 10x10 cm, a depth of 2 cm, a diameter of 1.5-2 cm with a pointed stick (I can even bend over to "scrap") :). From the stick, even dimples are obtained, in which I then put 2-3 pills. After the seeds are spread out, I simply level the bed with the back of the rake from above. There is no need to thin out the carrots. It's just that at the end of June, in July, I pull out the extra carrots into the soup.

Experienced summer residents advise at home to replace seed pelleting by mixing ordinary moistened carrot seeds with dried, well-chopped (grated) mullein (4 parts of mullein per 1 part of seeds). (For an amateur!)

10. And this method of sowing carrot seeds is for those who like to experiment. Take water and dissolve a little fertilizer in it, preferably complex fertilizers with microelements. Then boil the paste in this water from flour or starch. Let this jelly cool completely. Feel free to pour the cooked carrot seeds into it and mix well.

Then, in any of the available tools: an empty plastic bottle (you will have to make a hole in the lid), a pastry syringe with a large nozzle, an empty ketchup bottle - put or pour (depending on what consistency you get) there carrot seed paste... In accordance with the laws of physics, seeds mixed in a paste do not stick together, but keep at a distance from each other.

Then go boldly to the garden bed, make grooves and squeeze this paste into them. The seed paste lays down easily and evenly, the carrot seeds are moistened and fertilized. Seeds are sparingly used and there is no extra work to thin out the carrots. And you can choose any kind of carrot you like, the seeds of which are not coated.

What other methods of sowing carrot seeds do you know?

INTERESTING EXPERIENCE :

• Use the method of experienced and resourceful gardeners.

After planting the carrots, cover the bed with 8-10 layers of wet old newspapers, on top of which put a film. An excellent effect is achieved: moisture remains in the soil, the temperature rises in the germination zone, weeds in the dark under the newspapers do not rush to germinate.
After 2 weeks, the newspapers can be removed and carrot shoots can be expected. After ten days, it is easy to thin out the matured carrots, and weed out the weeds.

• but I sow differently. I take a little kerosene, moisten dry seeds with it and immediately sow it into the garden bed, evenly distributing it in the line. I do not cover. They sprout up in a week together. Sora is not enough. If the weather is dry and hot, they rise in ten days. But I try to sow earlier, while there is moisture from the snow in the ground

Scientifically, I don’t know why kerosene. I read this method for a long time somewhere and began to apply it. But even at school, we watered a bed of carrots with kerosene and the weed died, but the carrots remained. On the garden bed I make lines with a deepening, spill them with water, sprinkle wet seeds (I got used to it more evenly and less often, if I get several seeds together, I separate it. (Painstakingly, but worth doing). I sprinkle it with dry earth a little. (The hollow remains about 2 cm depths, then, when it grows up, I gradually huddle) I start watering when it sprouts. Try a little, you will like it. Also, there are no weeds in the hollow

We also pour kerosene over the weed, and now I'll try to plant it like that. Interestingly, but kerosene does not affect the taste? We water it on top, but here inside?

The taste does not change, because only the surface of the seed is processed. And in what proportion do you water or with pure kerosene?

Clean. Pour it into a spray bottle and go to weed control!

I still process parsley like that. I take a little kerosene just to moisten it. I pour the excess into the groove.

And I have a hydraulic seeder! Here is such a simple cork attachment for a milk bottle (or a bottle from Biol juice). Water is poured, seeds are poured according to the instructions (any, from small to large) and go ahead with songs!

Last year I adapted a tip from something medical, it seems, from a syringe. I just glued it to the lid, and made a hole in the lid with a hot nail.

BUT!!! This year I will not use jelly, but a hydrogel. The seeds in it are also suspended, and, according to the instructions, the hydrogel provides earlier germination - this still needs to be checked by business - and also retains moisture longer - this has already been tested. So, friends, master new tips!

There is also a good way, any seeds that are hard to germinate, soak for two hours (a tablespoon of warm water and soda on the tip of a knife). Soda will soften the shell from here and quick germination.

And for the rapid germination of seeds I use a "bath" (taught long ago by the employees of the Research Institute of the South-East "). Pour boiling water into a thermos and close it for warming up for a few minutes. Seeds, previously soaked or pickled, are placed in a damp cloth bag or cloth, then drain water from a thermos, put the seeds. Close the thermos and leave for several hours (2-3). Then we take out, ventilate and sow. The main thing is not to overexpose the peas, otherwise they will get wet. Sometimes I plant with sprouts.

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At first glance, it seems that sowing carrots is easy enough. But in fact, it is not easy, skill and knowledge of certain sowing rules is required. Let's figure it out together how to sow carrots so that they sprout quickly.

Carrot planting rules

For the convenience of sowing, it is recommended to mix carrot seeds with dry sand and sow the resulting mixture on a prepared bed. The liquid method has proven itself well - a starch paste is prepared, it cools. Carrot seeds are poured into it and everything is thoroughly mixed. Sowing can be done through a kettle or a bag with a hole.

Several ways to sow carrots:

There are quite a few of them, let's consider the most used ones.

• Dry sowing is considered the simplest - sprinkling seeds into furrows. But at the same time, it is quite difficult to maintain the uniformity of their landing. With this method, seedlings appear for a long time, because the seeds have not undergone preliminary swelling. This usually happens after the first rain.
• The next method is the seeds are soaked and germinated. This method requires watering on the day of planting and beyond. It is important here that the required percentage of moisture is always maintained in the seeds, otherwise they may die. This method gives quick germination results.
• Carrots "in a bag" give quick shoots. During the period of the first thawed patches, a small hole is dug on the site. Carrot seeds are placed in a bag, moistened with water, placed in a hole, covered with earth and covered with snow. In ten days the seeds will hatch. They can be taken out, mixed with sand and simply scattered over the garden. The soil is then hardened and covered with polyethylene. Seedlings appear on the fifth day.
• The next method is quite economical.
  A couple of tablespoons of seeds are mixed with a bucket of sand and the resulting mixture is injected into the prepared furrows. It is very important that the sand is dry. Otherwise, mixing will be uneven, which will further affect germination. After that, it is necessary to spill the beds with plenty of water, sprinkle with a small layer of earth and you can ignore the carrots until autumn. In this way, decimation can be omitted.

A number of other methods available to everyone

We will consider them without details, with a simple listing:

The seeds are placed in water and the sowing is sprinkled with the mouth,

mixed method - carrot seeds are mixed with radish, sand is added and sown evenly,

combining sowing carrots with onions,

Many people understand that gardening is not an easy task, and not everyone is suitable for this kind of activity. Here it is important not only to know how to sow, because there are often cases when diligence, endurance and patience are required from the gardener. This is especially true of the latter. And this is twice true when you plant such a plant as familiar to a modern person as carrots. If the seeds of many other farmed vegetables, for example, peppers, sprout quite quickly (for this they need about a week), then carrots can be in a "dormant state" for a long time, forcing their owner to languish for weeks in anticipation.

However, there are several different ways to avoid this. The first, and the simplest, is to soak the seeds in water. This is a very simple and very common method. They become swollen, then they open up and the sprout appears. But in this case, there is one significant drawback. Seeds that are wet and sticking to your hands are not very convenient to sow. In addition, the chance that they will evenly lie in the garden bed is critically small. Moreover, this technique requires immediate, since the soil must always remain moist. Otherwise, carrot seeds will die.

There are also people who do nothing at all and just sow dry seeds. However, then you will have to face the problem of weeds, which will certainly appear by the time the sprout appears. You will have to thin out the seedlings, which requires a lot of time and especially patience, which not everyone has.

The next method is slightly similar to the first. The carrot seeds should be placed in a small rag, then folded and tied with a string or string (rubber bands will also work). After that, you should hold it under hot water. The temperature should not exceed 45-50 degrees. This can avoid both burns and damage to the seeds themselves. Perform this operation three times a day for 2 days. Total: 6 times. But that's not all. Remember! They should not become dry between washes. It is recommended at that time to put them on a saucer of water at room temperature. After the sixth time, it is necessary to spread the seeds on paper, the paper itself must be placed on the battery.

Some gardeners say that even after completing all these simple operations, one should not rush to sowing, since in the case of early shoots, thinning cannot be avoided.

This method is quite unusual and is relatively rare, because here. Pour seeds into it, mix and pour into a teapot. Since the seeds will be evenly distributed during mixing, the distribution of seeds in the furrows will also be uniform.
What follows is a very convenient technique that many recommend. The seeds must be mixed with sand (always dry!), Then mixed. The resulting mixture is spread over the furrows. After that, it is necessary to water the seeds abundantly with water and cover with a layer of soil. If everything is done correctly, the sowing will be even, and in the fall there will be a good harvest of carrots.

There is also an old method, which, however, is considered by some to be ineffective. The instruction is quite simple: pour water into a half-liter jar, cover with seeds. After that, you should put the mixture in your mouth, after stirring it, and spray the beds. The seeds are believed to be evenly distributed.
A very useful method is a mixed planting method, which allows you to take multiple harvests of early and late crops. To do this, mix carrot seeds in a bowl with seeds of another early crop, for example. After that, add a little dry sand so that the seeding is even. Then the sowing itself follows. Radish (or any other early crop) ripens and then is harvested. However, this technique also has its drawbacks. Since for a good harvest, you need not only good soil, but also a combination of fertilizing with fertilizers, timely watering and loosening the soil.

Carrots are a must-have vegetable in the kitchen! All year round we add it to hot dishes, use it fresh and mix salads. The cost of carrots in the store is low, so maybe it would be more convenient to just buy root crops as needed, without spending time growing them? However, closer to spring, store-bought carrots begin to rise in price significantly, their quality deteriorates noticeably, and those who did not make supplies on time have a hard time.

That is why in every garden there is necessarily a garden bed for this beloved vegetable crop, and experienced gardeners exchange with beginners their experience on how to plant carrots correctly in order to obtain a rich harvest of healthy root crops.

If you have never had to grow vegetables before, and you have no idea how to plant carrots, or you just can't grow normal tasty root vegetables, our article will definitely be useful for you. We will tell you about how to plant carrots with seeds, how to care for young shoots, and how to protect the garden from.

Video about preparing carrot seeds for planting

Depending on what sort of seeds you bought, the timing of their sowing will differ. So, on the twentieth of April, you can start sowing early-ripening varieties, from April 25 to about May 5, mid-season varieties begin to be sown, and planting of carrots intended for winter storage is carried out on June 10-15.

It is recommended to choose an area under the carrot bed where there are not too many weeds, since the weeds will sprout before the carrots and prevent it from growing. The soil should be loose, preferably sandy. In heavy soil, root crops can turn out to be curved, gnarled, small. If there is a constantly increased level of moisture in the soil, the roots will rot, and in dry soil the carrot will turn out to be "wooden".

Consider also, after which crops you will sow carrots. It is best to choose those areas where cucumbers, tomatoes, garlic, onions, cabbage, potatoes or greens (except for salad) grew last year. After parsley, it is better not to plant carrots, as pests that are dangerous for carrots can remain in the soil.

In heavy soil, root crops can turn out to be curved, gnarled, small

Dig up the soil in the garden bed in the fall, and in the spring, walk along the ground with a flat cutter. You should not additionally dig up - settled earth is preferable for carrots. Most importantly, do not add fresh manure to the soil, as carrots cannot tolerate its acid. The garden bed can be fertilized with mineral fertilizers a couple of weeks before planting carrots.

Carrots are planted by seeds directly into the open ground. Prepare the seeds in advance:

• soak for two hours in clean water at room temperature;
• scatter the seeds over a damp cloth and cover with another damp cloth on top;
• keep the seeds in the room, stirring them gently from time to time;
• soak the fabric when drying;
• when the seeds are completely swollen and start to hatch, move them to the refrigerator for 10 days to harden.

Simple and accessible on how to plant carrots correctly

It is enough to maintain a distance between seeds of 1.5 cm

Sprinkle the bed set aside for the carrots with ash, cut through each groove up to 2.5 cm deep, leaving 20 cm aisles, and 12 cm along the edges of the ridge. Spill the grooves with water and sow the prepared seeds. It is enough to maintain a distance between the seeds of 1.5 cm. Level the furrows with soil. It is recommended to stretch the film on top of the garden bed at a height of 15 cm so that the seedlings appear faster, and with the appearance of greenery, the film can be removed.

Experienced gardeners, in an effort to simplify the process of sowing seeds, sometimes come up with quite unusual methods how to plant carrots: before sowing, someone mixes the seed with sand, while others pre-stick one seed on tape of tissue paper (you can use toilet paper). A carrot seed is picked up with a toothpick, dipped in paper glue or paste and applied every 5 cm to the paper. Such paper strips are laid in the furrows and covered with earth on top.

Video about growing carrots

Plant a radish along the edges of the garden bed, it will rise quite quickly, marking the carrot rows, and you can start loosening the row spacing earlier (carrots are very fond of frequent loosening). It is also very useful to plant onions on a carrot bed, since its smell drives away carrot flies - the most dangerous pest of carrots.

At first, the garden should be watered abundantly, and when the first shoots turn green, reduce watering to twice a week. Although not all the seed material will sprout, the seedlings will still need to be thinned out after the formation of the first leaf, leaving the most powerful plants.