Description and characteristics of the variety of carrots Nantes 4
Carrot variety Nantes red

Nantes-style carrots are vegetables grown on the territory of Russia. She is characterized by a high content of sugar and carotene, healthy eyes. Many nutritionists recommend its inclusion in the medical, children and diet diet. A detailed description of this variety is given below.

Description and characteristic of a grade of carrot Natanskaya

Nantes carrot is great for spring and podzimny crops.Shoots gives friendly. The aboveground part of the plant is high, half sprawling. Root has a beautiful orange color, sweet taste, good weight (100-150 d) and almost perfect dimensions (length - 11-17 cm, thickness - to 6-8 cm). After technical maturity, its head acquires a purple or greenish tint.

Carrot variety Nantes
Carrot variety Nantes

 

High table qualities and the ability to be stored for a long time could not but arouse in the breeders the desire to improve the variety. Therefore, today it is of several varieties:

  • Nantes 2 - an early variety of foreign selection. The root length is 10-16 cm, the color is light orange, the ripening period is 80-100 days from the moment of planting.
  • Nantes 4 - an elite early variety of Russian origin. Root crops of a cylindrical form, up to 17 cm long, weighing up to 160 grams. Vegetation - 3-4 months, yield - up to 6.5 kg per 1 square. meter
  • Nantes improved - mid-season sweet variety bred by Europeans. Recommended for cultivation for juice. Root vegetables have a bright orange color and a small core. Their height - up to 20 cm, weight - up to 150 grams.
  • Nantes red - mid-season variety, able to resist disease and flowering.Root crops of a cylindrical form, weighing up to 160 grams, up to 17 cm long. They are painted in orange-red color.

Each of these varieties is famous for its excellent taste, good keeping quality, health benefits, as well as ease of planting and care. Therefore, they can be safely planted in your garden.

Advantages and disadvantages

This root vegetable contains many vitamins (K, PP, C, B2, B1), essential oils, phosphorus, calcium salts, iron and iodine. It can be safely used to treat anemia, heart, liver and kidney diseases, as well as to improve skin velvety. But this is not all its advantages. The advantages of the variety include:

  • high yield (up to 7 kg per 1 sq. meter);
  • excellent keeping quality (long remains juiciness and does not rot);
  • the lack of internal voids;
  • versatility in application;
  • lovely taste qualities.
The taste of the root of this variety is the reference taste of carrots with elastic, sweet flesh
The taste of the root of this variety is the reference taste of carrots with elastic, sweet flesh

There are practically no drawbacks to this variety.. These include perhaps the requirements of the soil, the love of warm sunlight and the need for frequent watering.

Requirements for soil for planting

Nantes carrots grow well on loamy, peaty and light sandy soils that need to be loosened and fertilized. With this in mind in the fall, one should dig up the beds and introduce cow manure humus mixed with sand and peat. After that, it is recommended to sow winter rye on the plot. It will avoid the appearance of improperly shaped roots with a lot of "fingers."

The best precursors for carrots are tomatoes, potatoes, onions, zucchini and cucumbers.

The rules of planting carrots Nantes

Flower bed for planting carrots
Flower bed for planting carrots

Landing should begin with the digging of the soil on the spade bayonet in the second decade of December. Immediately worth creating a garden bed. It should be located in a well-lit place and be about 30 cm high. In order not to crumble, you can block the planks. Further procedures are as follows:

  1. Flatten the bed using a rake and plank, remove the pebbles.
  2. Using the strap make a few grooves on it 1-1.5 cm deep
  3. Place seeds in the groove and cover them with earth, lightly compacted by hand.
  4. Do the following groove in the distance 25-30 cm from the previous one.
  5. And so until the bed is over.

Upon completion of planting, it will remain neat to pour a bed of warm water and wait for the first shoots (this is somewhere in 10-15 days).

If desired, the bed can be covered with sawdust or agrofibre, this will allow to keep the life-giving moisture on the surface of its soil.

Grade care after planting

After the emergence of seedlings covering material, if it was used, should be removed. Crops to begin watering at first daily, and after reaching the maturity - 1-2 days. Through 30-40 days after sowing, carrots that have risen too well should be thinned. The final distance between the roots should be at least 6 cm. Also, do not forget to loosen the soil between the plants.

Shoots carrots
Shoots carrots

To increase the quantity and quality of the crop, it is necessary to fertilize carrots at least 2 times per season. To do this, you can use the drugs "Agrovita", "Hera", "Fusco" and any other that contain urea, superphosphate or potassium salts. Apply them according to the instructions.

In the heat of carrots must be mulched with dried grass tufts.

Diseases and their prevention

Nantes carrots can be prone to black, white or bacterial rot. These diseases destroy the crop, first covering the harvested roots with bloom, and then creating wet or dry rot on them. To avoid the manifestation of their symptoms, it is necessary to clean vegetables in warm weather, carefully sorting out before that and creating all the conditions for proper storage.

Destroy crops can carrot front sight. To get rid of it, it is worth spraying the shoots with the drugs “Stefesin”, “Bayleton”, “Caratan” or “Volaton”. Do not forget to take precautions.

Harvesting and storage rules

Harvest is best collected at the end of September. It is possible, of course, in October, but the keeping quality and quality of root crops will decrease due to this. Wash and dry the carrots before harvesting., cut the tops completely together with the tip of the vegetable to prevent re-germination. Next, the fruit must be packed in dark plastic bags and dropped into the cellar.

Storing Nantes Carrots in the Sand
Storing Nantes Carrots in the Sand
Carrots can also be stored in boxes of sand or sawdust or refrigerator.

Reviews

Judging by the quality of carrots of Nantes according to the opinions of people, then it is very good.Most gardeners respond positively to her. That's what they write on the forums and in their blogs.

Nadezhda, Orenburg region.Nantes carrots we have the most running. I plant it 2 times: at the end of April for salting and in June for storage. Grade I'm happy!

Angela, Bryansk region.I personally like carrots of this variety because of good germination and excellent taste. The only drawback - it requires frequent feeding.

Vsevolod, Nekrasovskoe.Of the several varieties of carrots that I planted, this is the only one that brought a rich harvest. I am satisfied, I will plant next year.

However, There are a number of negative reviews about the carrot of Nantes. For the sake of justice, we give them examples:

Anastasia, Saraktash.When she planted, she hoped that the carrots would be good and would last at least January. Harvest something rich, but it was necessary to remove it in the cellar - was gone. Conclusion: Nantes is suitable for use only after collection.

Larisa, Kinel-Cherkasy.Most likely, due to the density of planting large root crops. But it is still a shame, because I was thinning the shoots.

It is worth noting that in order to get a harvest for carrots you really need to take care of, and clean up the cellar, having only prepared the vegetables for storage beforehand. Then there will be no negative feedback.

Conclusion

Nantes carrot is endowed with high consumer qualities far superior to other varieties in efficiency, with proper care gives a decent harvest. All that is required from a gardener is to follow the rules of sowing, maintenance and storage.