Carrots

Land Preparation

Land preparation(Carrots)

Lightly aerate the soil by shallow digging before sowing carrots or sow them raised bed of 10 to 20cm height and 1-1.2m width to facilitate weeding, thinning, and to limit soil borne diseases. In addition, this will allow easier penetration by the carrot root and will also improve water holding capacity.  

  • Manure and Fertilizer application

Nutrient requirements of carrots are particularly high for potassium (100 kg/ha), medium for nitrogen (50kg/ha) and phosphorus  (50 kg/ha). Carrots are sensitive to high Cl concentrations and more susceptible to diseases at very high soil pH.  Liming is recommended when pH is below 5.5. Well-decomposed organic manures are beneficial when applied moderately (20-25 t/ha). Fresh organic matter such as farmyard manure or from a leguminous crop, can result in forked roots, which are difficult to clean and to market.