Carrots are not only beautiful, but also very useful root vegetables. It is very difficult to find a garden where they would not grow this vegetable. But what to do if the climatic conditions are harsh and constantly changing, for example, in Siberia. The solution was found by Russian breeders who bred a large number of hybrids and seeds of good varieties of carrots for the harsh climate.
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The best sorts of carrot seeds for Siberia
All varieties and seeds of carrots are divided into:
- Early (85-100 days);
- Mid-season (100-120);
- Late (from 120 days).
Early maturing
Amsterdam - 12 cm, cylindrical vegetables, can grow in open and protected ground. The hybrid is medium-yielding, has juicy pulp, orange color. Fruits do not crack.
Alenka - ultra early. Vegetable cleaned for 2 months after germination. Root small-sized, with excellent taste.
Carotel Parisian - one of the oldest and ultra early varieties. The vegetable is not large, egg-shaped, with a dessert flavor.
- Amsterdam
- Alenka
- Parisian carrot
Mid-season
Nantes - the most famous variety. The harvest ripens for 110 days. The fruit has a rich orange color with small eyes. The degree of maturity can be determined by coloring the top in green or purple. The hybrid does not crack and endures many diseases. You can sow both in spring and before winter.
Losinoostrovskaya 13 - Root stupid or sharp-nosed, contains a large amount of vitamin A, has found wide application in dietology and in the manufacture of baby food. Vegetable has a delicate flavor with a sweet aftertaste. Designed for long-term storage, resistant to many diseases.
Altai shortened - the peaked root crop, is not exposed to cracking. Carrots with orange pulp, weighing up to 150 grams.
- Nantes
- Losinoostrovskaya
Late
Shantane - Harvesting begins at 4 months. Root large, weighing up to 250 grams. It has a blunt shape, bright orange. The fruits are tasty and juicy, designed for long-term storage.
The incomparable - very high-yielding. Fetal weight reaches 250 grams. Juicy and tasty pulp is colored in dark orange color.
Nevis - blunt-conical, cylindrical root crops reach 160 grams. Late-ripening, high-yielding. With apt. meters, with proper care, you can collect up to 9 kg of carrots.
- Shantane
- The incomparable
- Nevis
Optimal for the climate of Siberia
When choosing carrot seeds, the eyes diverge from their diversity. In order to plant and get a good harvest, you need to pay attention to:
- Resilience to climate change and disease;
- Frost resistance;
- Terms of ripening;
- Duration of storage.
The best varieties for the Siberian climate are:
- Nantes - one of the most popular varieties, medium degree of ripeness;
- Losinoostrovskaya 13 - from the moment of germination to harvest - 100 days;
- Dayana - average and late;
- The incomparable - harvesting occurs in the third month after germination of seedlings;
- Nastya - mid-season, intended for podzim and spring sowing;
- Nevis - high-yielding, mid-season. With apt. meters can collect up to 9 kg of crop.
- Dayana
- Nastya
Top grade for storage
Storage time depends on:
- Landing time;
- Growing conditions;
- Harvest time.
The best varieties for long-term storage are late ripening. They resistant to diseases and tolerate temperature drops of air.
These include:
Queen of autumn - one of the most durable. Carrots are not arrow and resistant to cracking. Mid-harvest, the collection of root crops begin on day 120 after emergence of shoots.
Sweet winter - late ripe, high-yielding.The pulp is high in vitamin A and sugar. At observance of temperature condition at storage, can keep the taste till June.
Olympus - high-yielding, with tasty and juicy fruits. Keeps all its useful properties until the end of May.
Flacoro - late and large-fruited. The mass of carrots is 250 grams. The flesh is juicy and tasty, contains a large amount of carotene.
- Queen of autumn
- Sweet winter
- Olympus
- Flaccoro
The best mid-season
The period from germination to harvest is 100-120 days.
Vitamin 6 - blunt-tonic, 150 gram vegetable, distinguished by its high taste, resistance to cracking and long-term storage.
Vita Long - a popular and favorite variety of many gardeners. She received her love for resistance to black rot and high transportability. The root crop is consumed fresh and in the preparation of juices.
Moscow winter - medium-average, elongated, spiky, orange root vegetable. The main qualities - resistance to cracking and many diseases, has a long shelf life.
Nantes - stable yielding regardless of climatic conditions. Vegetable preserves the taste to the first days of spring.
Nantes - The view has become popular for frost resistance, yield, resistance to diseases and cracking, as well as for unsurpassed taste.
- Vitamin
- Vita Long
- Moscow winter
- Nantes
Late-ripening
Dolanka - very productive, late ripening. Resistant to bloom, carrot fly and fusarium. Stored until the end of spring.
The emperor - stupid carrot has a sweet and juicy flesh. Resistant to diseases, harvesting - for 135 days.
Red Giant - the variety came to our country from Germany. Fruits are large, grow to 25 cm. Ideal for podzimy planting. Average, stored until early April.
- Dolanka
- The emperor
- Red Giant
The most fruitful
Productivity depends on the correct choice of seeds. Experienced gardeners choose zoned for your region, carrot varieties.
Samson - high-yielding carrot variety. With apt. meter, subject to the rules of care, you can collect up to 10 kg of carrots. Mid-season, has orange roots weighing up to 200 grams.
Nandrin - Harvesting on the 90th day after germination. Ideal for cultivation in the central and northern regions. The mass of carrots - 300 grams.
Canada - late ripe, high-yielding hybrid. It has a sweetish taste, suitable for long-term storage.
Tushon - early, high-yielding. It has good taste, is not subject to long-term storage.
- Samson
- Nandrin
- Canada
- Tushon
In order for the harvest to be generous and kept as long as possible, it is necessary to select the varieties correctly, in accordance with the region of residence. Tasty and juicy carrots, with proper care, can be used until next season.