Carrot "Berlicumer 2" (on the tape)

Carrot "Berlicumer 2" (Romosa) on tape.
Convenient sowing without thinning!
High-yielding late-ripening variety: period from germination to harvesting 125-130 days.
Roots are cylindrical. Length 16-19 cm, weight 150-200 g.
The surface and core are red-orange. The flesh is juicy, very sweet, with excellent taste.
Recommended for fresh consumption, processing, and storage.

* Carrot is a cold-resistant crop. Placed on light loamy and sandy loam soils.
Under Estonian conditions, sown from late April to early June. To obtain an early harvest, sowing before winter is carried out in late October.
Seeding depth is 1-2 cm depending on the soil type. Seeds begin to germinate at a temperature of +3+4°C. It is important to keep the soil moist.
The first thinning is in the phase of the first pair of true leaves, the second – in the phase of bunch maturity. The optimal temperature for the growth and formation of root crops is +20+22°C.
Watering and loosening – as needed. Harvesting root crops from July to early October.

...The soil for sowing carrots should be prepared in autumn. Make ridges 15-18 cm high (in spring, the soil warms up and ripens faster on such ridges). Before digging in autumn, add 25 g of superphosphate and 20 g of potassium salt per 1 m².
...In spring, the ridges need to be dug up again, add 15 g per m² of ammonium nitrate, level and slightly tamp. If the soil is very poor, organic matter (compost, humus, peat, rotted manure) is applied in autumn at 4-5 kg per 1 m².
...Before sowing, standard carrot seeds (not on tape) are soaked to obtain quick and uniform shoots. Soaking of seeds is carried out in clean tap water for 1-1.5 days, changing the water 3-4 times during this time. Then the seeds are scattered on a cloth in a small layer and dried to a flowable state.
...Mid-ripening carrot varieties are sown early in spring, and early varieties - 2 weeks later, so that by the time of harvesting the root crops do not overgrow. Overgrown root crops crack, store poorly, and lose their valuable taste and nutritional qualities.
...When sowing carrots before winter, you can get root crops 15 days earlier. Ridges for such sowing are prepared in autumn. With the onset of the first frosts (October-November), dry carrot seeds are sown in furrows, sprinkled with a thin layer of earth (1 cm), and mulched on top with peat or humus with a layer of 3-4 cm. The sowing rate of carrot seeds when sowing before winter is increased by 20-25 percent. At least 1 gram of seeds is sown per 1 m².
...In spring, carrots are sown on ridges in furrows. The distance between furrows is 20 cm. Sowing rate 0.8 g/m². Furrows are covered with a layer of earth of 2 cm and mulched with peat or humus. Carrot seedlings appear on the 14th - 15th day. When seedlings appear, after 10 days, the first feeding with ammonium nitrate is carried out - 20 g/m², in the row spacing with embedding in the soil. If the soil is dry, then after feeding, the crops must be watered well.
...Plant care consists of loosening, destroying the crust that forms after rains, weeding, thinning crops, feeding, and watering. Carrots do not tolerate weeds well: to get a good harvest, it is important to keep the crops clean.
...The first thinning of carrots is carried out when the first true leaves appear. The distance between plants is left 1 - 1.5 cm. The second thinning is carried out 15 days after the first. After the second thinning, the distance between plants should be 3 - 4 cm. After each thinning, the plants must be watered. After the second thinning, plants are fed with phosphorus-potash fertilizers: 20 g of potassium salt and 25 g of superphosphate per 1 m².
...It is necessary to water carrots in a timely manner, especially in the first phases of plant development, because with a lack of moisture, plant growth is delayed, root crops turn out small and deformed.