When to sow carrots on time. I'm running to the garden

Flaming fireworks, fellow summer residents!

Do you want to grow a big harvest of sweet carrots for your joy? It's simple: sow it in time. After reading the article to the end, you will find out the opinion of smart agronomists, interesting folk omens, a summary of the Lunar calendar for 2020, and even a pinch of my personal experience.

I arrived at the dacha only today and realized that I was almost late. The spoon is good for dinner, so I urgently take a bag of seeds and run to plow the garden

When it's time to plant carrots: listening to the opinion of agronomists

There is an opinion that carrots can be planted almost from the moment the snow melts, and all our agronomic advice is an unnecessary whim and nonsense. Indeed: I somehow sowed it even before winter.

But let's figure it out: if you throw the seeds in a conditional April, they can have time to germinate before return frosts (and in what year do they, insidious, do not happen?). And that's it, bye, bye, carrots!

Until the seeds have sprouted, they are not afraid of the cold. And very young carrot shoots are afraid.

On a note: Seeds will sprout faster if you soak them in a warm solution of potassium permanganate. This is how I kill two birds with one stone: the first - I do preventive treatment of bacterial and fungal diseases, the second - I stimulate the start of active growth in a "hot bath". I will write more about it soon, so subscribe!

It takes relative warmth for carrot seeds to turn into exemplary root vegetables. Agronomists prescribe to wait until the ground warms up to 6-9 ° C, and the daily air temperature ceases to fall below 8 ° C.

Yes, you can closely follow the weather forecast and shove a thermometer into the garden. But you can use another unmistakable option - folk signs.

Folk signs, proven for centuries, will tell the time of sowing carrots

In general, they react well to the average daily temperature and weather trees. Looking at them, you can determine that it is time to take up the bags with carrot seeds:

• Is there an aspen in the area? Fine! See if the trembling tree has bloomed. If so, then you can already sow carrots without fear.
• The birches have unfolded their leaves - it's time!

Try to sow the carrots 2 weeks before the flowering of the scented bird cherry. So that the seedlings had time to get stronger before the famous "bird cherry cold".

Lunar calendar for 2020: many good dates

May Lunar calendar for planting root crops - charm itself! Plants grown for the growth of the aerial part are usually planted on the growing moon. But the roots, to which our carrot belongs, are already decreasing. The golden rule of garden astrology!

So:

• It is recommended to strictly avoid only 2 days - May 22 and 23, when the New Moon reigns over the dacha world. It is generally not recommended to do anything at this time.
• The best time is the Waning Moon - from 8 to 21 May inclusive. You will definitely have time!

Planting carrots and was the article helpful? Please put a thumbs up in response, my dears! Thank you. And for summer residents who have not yet managed to plant onion sets, I recommend taking a look at these 2 useful publications:
✳ When to plant onion sets: science, folk omens and the lunar calendar. I'm in a hurry to get to the dacha
✳ What to put in the garden before sowing onion sets and why I must "salt" the soil under it