After which you can plant carrots?

Usually, a summer resident has a considerable number of vegetable crops on the site, and carrots take pride of place among them. The reason for this is the vitamins contained in carrots, and the vegetable itself tastes good if grown correctly. But in order to get healthy vegetables and a good harvest, it is very important to know where you can plant carrots.

Compliance with crop rotation is an important condition for the optimal existence of the dacha economy. Of course, the seeds will sprout, and vegetables will grow in any scenario, but there will be much more problems, you will have to devote a lot of time and effort to planting, and the harvest is unlikely to greatly please. That is why many summer residents still prefer to take into account the requirements of different crops and plant them correctly.

During growth and development, carrots take a lot of nutrients from the soil. That is why she needs not only all the necessary fertilizers and proper care, but it is also very important what vegetables grew last season on the site where the carrots are planned to be planted. She needs an optimal amount of potassium and phosphorus, taking it from the ground in large quantities. Therefore, it is better to plant carrots in those areas in the garden where there were plants with different needs last season.

Experienced summer residents count as such specimens:

• cabbage;
• potato;
• onion;
• tomatoes;
• cucumbers;
• pumpkin;
• zucchini;
• strawberries.

It is clear that every caring summer resident takes full care of all his plantings: watering, fertilizing, weeding, mulching, stepsoning, fighting pests and diseases. Otherwise, you can simply forget about the harvest. But there are some gardeners who believe that carrots do not need fertilization if the rules of crop rotation are strictly followed. Garlic can be a particularly attractive precursor for an orange vegetable. Convenience is not only that these crops do not have common pests, but garlic also has the ability to disinfect the soil. Therefore, there is a double benefit.

You can safely plant carrots after radishes. Its distinctive feature is rapid ripening, which allows the culture not to have time to become infected with diseases and overgrow with pests, therefore, the soil after the radish remains not depleted and ready for other vegetables. Sweet potatoes and eggplants are also not prohibited. And next year, carrots may well settle on these beds. Strawberries and strawberries are also good options to make way for carrots next season. Many summer residents notice that an orange vegetable after berries grows not only large, but also sweet. Pumpkin and squash well suited for planting carrots next year. They have shallow roots and do not drain the soil.

But, of course, no matter what a good place would be chosen, one should not forget that a good harvest can be obtained only if all the main agrotechnical measures are observed, which include:

• timely watering;
• top dressing;
• weed removal;
• pest control;
• disease prevention.

It is worth considering when planting carrots in the open ground in spring and after which plants it is definitely impossible to grow it in the same place. One of the most "dangerous" options is parsley.... Greens tend to supply the soil with pathogenic bacteria, it is possible that later in this soil the roots will simply deteriorate. In the best case, the carrots will grow, but they will not differ in even fruits and large sizes. If, nevertheless, there are no other options, then the soil should be disinfected by watering it well before planting with a solution of water with potassium permanganate.

Options such as:

• beet;
• Dill;
• fennel;
• caraway;
• celery;
• parsnip.

But all these recommendations cannot always be followed for the reason that the area on the site is not enough to comply with crop rotation. After all, all other vegetables need the same conditions under which you need to change planting sites. Then you have to come up with other tricks, for example, try to reduce the harm from unwanted predecessors.

Of course, ideally, you can replace the soil by removing the old one and pouring in a new one. If this is too costly or tedious, you need to make a number of manipulations.

• For example, take "Aktara" or "Decis", dilute the preparations according to the instructions on the package, and spill the soil well. All this must be done in advance, and not just before landing. It is best in early spring, as soon as the snow melts. This time may vary from region to region. If in the south it may be the beginning of March, then in colder regions this time will move closer to mid-April.
• The next step is to add nutrients to the soil. For this, 5 kg of compost is suitable for each square meter. The soil needs to be dug well at the same time. All this is also done in the spring after disinfecting the soil.
• Before planting vegetables, one to two weeks before, fertilizers should be applied to the soil in the form of superphosphate and potassium sulfate or potassium salt.

Another popular option is to plant green manures in the soil in the fall after harvesting. Rye or mustard, lupins or buckwheat will do. But these plants must have time to ripen, after which they are harvested and dug up along with the soil. Thus, the earth is saturated with useful substances. Therefore, when planting green manure, it is necessary to take into account the climatic conditions of the region.... If, for example, in the south you can plant them at the beginning of autumn, and by the beginning of winter it will already be possible to mow them and dig up the beds, then in the harsh Siberian conditions you need to take care of planting them even in the summer in order to prepare the beds for carrots for next year. In the spring, these beds are dug up. In this case, it is possible not to introduce mineral components, the soil will be saturated with everything necessary, which will allow the carrots to grow and develop successfully.

If, nevertheless, the circumstances so developed that it was necessary to plant carrots in the same place or after unwanted vegetables, you need to find suitable neighbors for it. This will certainly reduce the damage from the preceding plants. Suitable neighbors will be those with the same care. For example, you need abundant watering, nitrogen as an initial fertilizer, and then phosphorus and calcium. But the susceptibility to diseases and pests should be different, since both of them quickly spread to neighboring plantings. But if, for example, carrots grow next to cucumbers, and they have immunity to pests that annoy the cucumbers, then they will be able to avoid defeat.

Onions are perfect for the very reason that they protect carrots from pests. It scares off the carrot fly, root mite, and the carrot, in turn, will help get rid of the onion flies and moths. Such mutually beneficial cooperation can save the harvest. Varieties such as leeks and chives will also be good neighbors. It is quite possible even to plant crops not in plots, but directly alternate rows.

Beans contributes to the saturation of the soil with nitrogen, loosens the soil due to its root system. And for the carrots it will be good. But then you don't need to plant onions and garlic. Salad and spinach Are also great options. They contribute to the preservation of moisture in the soil, moreover, they ripen quickly, which does not prevent carrots from developing later and getting everything they need from the soil.

And even if the carrots are planted in unfavorable soil, in which pests from previous crops may have survived, there is a very good option to neutralize their harmful effects and save the carrots from the invasion of parasites. To do this, it is enough to plant the following useful plants near the beds with an orange vegetable, or even alternating rows:

• sage;
• marjoram;
• rosemary;
• marigold;
• calendula.