Seed Carrots "Leander", 2 g

Aversely season. The rosette of the leaves is semi-rejection, the middle sheet to the long, green, highly radiated.. root crops are aligned, cylindrical with a dull tip, orange, smooth, 20 cm long, weighing 75-120 g, completely immersed in the soil. The core is small, yellow-orange. The taste is good. The value of the variety: resistance to cracking of root crops, stable yield, high carotene content, excellent legend (up to 8-9 months). Recommended for fresh consumption, cooking juices, culinary processing and freezing. Resistant to cracking of root crops, to white and gray rot.

Carrots grow better on light loamy and sandy soils. The best predecessors are potatoes, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, legumes. In the spring, a complex mineral fertilizer is brought to the soil before sowing. Sowing at the end of April into grooves to a depth of 1.5-2.0 cm. Sowing scheme 20x4 cm. The distance between the rows is 18-20 cm. 2 weeks after the shoots, the carrots are thinned out. The second thinning is carried out when the root crops are reached in a diameter of 1 cm, leaving 5-6 cm between plants. Further care consists in weeding, loosening, watering. It does not tolerate fresh organic fertilizers. Subtings are carried out when the temperature drops to 5 ° C. (second half of October - early November). Seeds are closed to a depth of 1-2 cm, the surface of the site is mulched with peat.