Carrot "Nantes 5" (Monanta)

Carrot "Nantes 5" (Monanta) - Daucus carota.
Mid-season variety (the period from full shoots to technical ripeness is 80-100 days).
Root crops are cylindrical, aligned, 15-18 cm long, weighing up to 100-150 g, bright orange, with tender, juicy pulp and a small core.
Excellent taste, high content of sugars and carotene, combined with long-term storage without deterioration in quality until the new harvest.
The variety is high-yielding, resistant to cracking, flowering and major diseases. Grown in various climatic zones.
Agricultural technology.
Carrots grow best on light loamy and sandy soils. Potatoes, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, legumes are considered the best predecessors.
In the spring, before sowing, a complex mineral fertilizer is applied to the soil. Sowing at the end of April in furrows to a depth of 1 cm. The distance between rows is 18-20 cm.
2 weeks after germination, carrots are thinned out. The second thinning is carried out when the root crops reach a diameter of 1 cm, leaving 5-6 cm between plants.
Further care consists in weeding, loosening, watering.
Winter sowing are carried out when the temperature drops to + 5 ° C. (second half of October - beginning of November). Seeds are planted to a depth of 1-2 cm, the surface of the site is mulched.
1 g = 700-900 seeds.

Eng.: Carrot. Suom.: Porkkana. Sven.: Morot. Bot.: Daucus carota L.