Many gardeners grow carrots and beets.This vegetable is very useful, and one can cook a lot of food.To the roots are well preserved until spring, you need to know at what time to harvest.
When digging beets and carrots - in September or October?
Some do it at the beginning of September.But by the end of the month the roots will grow by almost a quarter.And the harvest will be significantly higher.In September, still quite warm, periodic rains, which creates perfect conditions for the growth of vegetables.Therefore you should consider when digging the beets and carrots, to root crops grown in size and the crop was more significant.
If the first half of October promises to be warm, it can be transferred to the procedure during this period.Typically, up to 10 of this month there is no severe night frosts.The temperature at -1 ... -2 ° C and carrot svekolka postponed.Better podokuchit their ground to hide in the soil above ground portion of root crops.Then they are not afraid slight cooling.
Weather
Talking about when to clean the carrots and beets need to focus on weather conditions.If the charge of the rains, it is better not to collect the harvest, as lay deposited only well dried vegetables.In this connection it should monitor the weather forecast.If the end of September are expected prolonged rainfall, it is advisable to dig out the roots before natural disasters.If the weather will be warm and sunny and it rains occasionally, let pray thee fruit in the soil until early October.
Cleaning vegetables
After gardener Decide when to dig the beets and carrots, you can begin harvesting.In no case can not pull out the vegetables from the soil, so as not to damage them.Uses for this shovel or a pitchfork.Undermining the side and holding of the tops, is removed.Earth from the root crops can not shake off, knocking them about a shovel and pitchfork.Such harvest accurately for a long time will not be saved.The soil removed hands Wear gloves.After harvest extracted, dried it in the garden, on a pre-postelennuyu cellophane until the evening.So dig out roots in the dry weather in the morning, and then a sharp knife remove the tops.Well, how and when to dig the beets and carrots, we understand.Turning to the issue of storage of vegetables.
Storage
before storage vegetables are dried in the shade for three days.Before you take them to the basement, inspect each root.Damaged aside for consumption, and the rest put in boxes and drop into the cellar.If there are no points of storage, you can try to keep the vegetables at home.Carrots dipped in a clay mash, well dried and packed into cardboard boxes.If there is a glassed-in balcony, the roots are placed in the smaller cardboard box, wrapped her old blanket and placed it in a large box.At a temperature of -10 ° C perfectly preserved vegetables.
If you know where to dig the beets and carrots, and the time to do it, and the harvest will be more, and it will remain the best.Very young carrot roots poorly stored, so they can be sent for processing immediately or leave on a bed, sprinkled on top of the 7 cm peat.Then spring summer resident be glad to welcome in the garden in the form of vitamins juicy carrots.
