Caring parents dream that their child gets the maximum amount of vitamins. Carrots are especially useful for a growing body, but it is not so easy to get children to eat a vegetable that grows in a garden. Either it is not sweet, or it is simply not tasty. To make your baby happy to eat carrots, you should choose varieties that are not only rich in keratin, but also in sugars. When buying seeds for the new gardening season, it is important to know in advance which variety of carrots is the sweetest and most juicy. One of the brightest representatives is the "Children's sweetness" carrot.

A bit of history

Carrots belong to the category of obligatory vegetables present in the beds of modern summer residents. It is simply impossible to imagine modern cooking without this vegetable. Also, the large amount of keratin and sugar makes carrots one of the most common vegetables used for baby food. The variety "Children's Sweetness" has just such characteristics, it is eagerly eaten by children because of its taste and is preferred by gardeners for growing because of its ease of care, as well as good preservation rates.

Carrots of the "Children's Sweet" variety have a smooth surface and a cylindrical shape

Carrot Children's sweetness is a variety of varieties created on the basis of "Amsterdam", and is a variety by the type of origin, not a hybrid. Carrots are annual plants of the Berlikum cultivar, which produce root crops in one season. If you plant a root crop in the second year, then an active growth of the ground part will be observed. Bloom will form in the ground part, and seeds will also appear.

Description of the variety

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Carrots "Children's Sweetness" are among the sweetest varieties of carrots that are actively used to feed children, as well as in cooking. Differs in excellent taste.

Among the distinctive features peculiar only to this variety, it should be noted:

  • High-yielding mid-early variety, technical maturity occurs 130-160 days after germination;
  • The root crop has a bright red-orange color;
  • Cylindrical shape with a smooth surface and a blunt tip;
  • The core is there, but poorly expressed;
  • The variety is resistant to stalking;
  • Differs in good preservation properties;
  • The root vegetables taste sweet, juicy, crunchy;
  • Differs in high commercial qualities;
  • The rosette of leaves is semi-spreading;
  • When grown, roots protrude slightly above the ground;
  • The length of the root crop reaches 22 cm with a weight of 150-170 grams;
  • The average yield per square meter is up to 8 kg.

Carrots "Children's Sweet" are high-yielding varieties

The variety of carrots "Children's Sweet" is recommended for baby and dietetic food, it is well stored, suitable for eating raw and processed, canned and frozen. In a word, according to its characteristics, it not only has excellent taste, but is also versatile in use.

Growing features

The described variety, like many varieties of carrots that are grown in our territories, is unpretentious in care. But still, in order to get a good harvest, you will need to comply with certain rules of agricultural technology, the description of which can be applied to other similar varieties.

Temperature regime

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If you look from the side of gardeners, the growing process will not cause difficulty. Carrots themselves perfectly withstand cold weather, sprouting even with a slight warming outside. To obtain an early harvest, sowing carrots for the winter, as well as sowing seeds in early spring, are practiced.

Note! Young plants after the entrances can withstand short-term spring frosts, even reaching -4 degrees. Prolonged cold temperatures will not affect the growth of the vegetable in any way.

The optimal temperature for growing vegetables is from 16 to 20. At too high temperatures, the growth of the root crop slows down, while active foliage growth is activated. If, in addition to high temperatures, dry soil, then you may not get juicy root crops. If during the period of active growth the plant did not have enough moisture, then the harvest will be not only small, but rough and underdeveloped.

Additional Information. For a good harvest, light is also important, but despite this, in Russia the vegetable is grown in regions with different day lengths.

Soil requirements

Carrots are most demanding on soil characteristics. It will grow best of all on fertile, loose, permeable, weed-free soils. The best option would be the land in which manure was applied as fertilizer a year or two ago. The plant reacts very badly to fresh manure - the root crops will be branched, irregular in shape and with poor taste.

Fertilizing the soil

On acidic soils and with an excess of chlorine, root crops will have many tails. With an excess of moisture, a good harvest will also not work, carrots can crack strongly.

Therefore, they carefully approach the preparation of the soil and begin to take care of it in the fall. The area allotted for carrots is dug up before winter, all weeds and roots are removed. For deoxidation (if necessary), dolomite flour or lime, as well as potash or phosphorus fertilizers, are added to the soil.

It is important to consider! Carrots grow best if the site was planted with legumes, cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and grains in the previous year. Do not sow carrots after parsley, fennel, cumin, dill, carrots and parsnips.

In the spring, the prepared area is deeply loosened, supplied with complex fertilizer, and if possible, all stones and roots are removed. When sowing carrots, choose well-lit areas.

Sowing seeds

Before planting baby sweet carrot seeds for permanent residence, they should be carefully prepared. As a rule, carrots have a relatively low germination rate compared to other crops (55-75%), while the seeds should not be stored for a long time, so it is better to choose the freshest.

Carrot shoots are not always friendly and appear late (you need to wait about three weeks)

The appearance of seeds is noted only for 15-20 days, it is rarely amicable. It is best to pre-soak the seeds to remove essential oils that inhibit sprouting. The seeds are moved into tissue bags and are lowered into water with a temperature of about +30 degrees for a day. The water should be changed every 3-4 hours. It is allowed to use a nutritious solution based on wood ash for soaking (a tablespoon is required for 2 liters).

Some people use other methods for hardening and germinating seeds:

  • Heat treatment with hot water;
  • Bubbling;
  • Hardening with preliminary soaking;
  • Burying in the soil for several days before planting.

Growing carrots is carried out by simple sowing, seedling growing is not used. If planting is carried out in spring, then the seeds are sown in late April - early May. When sowing for the winter, planting is done in late October - early November.

Sowing carrots

Due to the shape of the seeds, it is quite difficult to sow baby sweet carrots. Many gardeners, in order to avoid thickening, go for a little trick: seeds are mixed in equal proportions with sand.

Interesting to know. When sowing for the winter, the seeds should not be prepared, they are planted dry and more densely.

Spring sowing involves the use of prepared seeds, they are sown to a depth of 2 cm. About 15 cm is left between the rows. Mulching is carried out regularly. It is important to ensure that a crust does not form on the surface, it can slow down the seedlings.

Watering

To get a good harvest, it is important to monitor the soil moisture, since the Baby Sweet carrot does not like strong moisture, but even if it is lacking, it will not give the desired result. Before sprouting, the beds are watered 2 times a week, and then once every 7 days is enough. It is recommended that you stop watering the vegetable about 3 weeks before harvesting.

Watering carrots

Watering is alternated with top dressing. To prevent nitrates from accumulating in root crops at the time of harvesting, it is better to use organic compounds as fertilizers.

Thinning and loosening

Getting a good harvest of carrots will not be possible without careful thinning. The first time it is carried out after the appearance of 2-3 real leaves on the plant. A distance of 2-3 cm is left between individual plants.Then, if necessary, the procedure is repeated when the root crop reaches about 2 cm in diameter.When thinning at this stage, a distance of about 5 cm should be maintained.

Timely thinning is essential to get a good harvest.

Important! All removed roots after thinning must be removed from the garden, as they can attract carrot flies.

Loosening is important after every rain or artificial watering. Moreover, during this procedure, it is recommended to perform a small hilling. This will prevent greening of the aboveground part of the root crop.

Carrot pests

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Like any vegetable, carrots have their enemies. The main pest is carrot fly. It is easy to recognize its appearance - the leaves begin to curl.

The main reasons for the appearance of a carrot fly:

  • improper care;
  • muffled landings;
  • a large number of weeds;
  • excessive watering and so on.

The main pest of carrots is the carrot fly

For the fight, you can use special drugs - "Intavir", "Aktellix". If less than 30-35 days are left before harvesting, then insecticide treatment is prohibited. Only manual removal of infected leaves will help here, and this is not too much joy, since it will take a lot of time. It is better to prevent the appearance of a pest by providing proper care.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

Children's carrot sweetness stands out among other types of this plant in several points:

  • Carrots are sweet and tasty, which provides a high content of sugars and keratin in root crops;
  • Juice makes it possible to use the variety for juicing;
  • Sweet carrots are suitable for baby and diet food;
  • The ripening period ranges from 130 to 160 days, which is acceptable for many regions with different daylight hours;
  • Excellent storage performance, in contrast to Slasten's carrots, which are more suitable for consumption as soon as possible after harvest;
  • Frost resistance up to -4 degrees;
  • Low stemming rate;
  • Good harvest stability.

As a disadvantage, it is worth noting the requirement of the variety for the soil. It is possible to obtain a high yield only by sowing carrots on fertile, carefully prepared soils. You can also pick up earlier varieties, but with similar taste. Another important point in carrot care is the constant hilling so that the protruding top of the root does not turn green.

Carrots protrude above the ground, which requires regular hilling

As you can see, "Children's Sweetness" is an ideal solution for a modern gardener, since the plant is undemanding to care for, but at the same time it gives root crops of the correct cylindrical shape in a relatively short period of time. And the taste will be appreciated even by capricious children who are always difficult to please.Therefore, there is no longer any doubt which carrot is considered the sweetest and most fruitful. Having planted this variety, a person will not be disappointed.

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