how to grow the right carrot as below:
- Processing Media Planting
Cultivation media processing is done by: - Grounding the ground as deep as +/- 40 cm. Land that has been hoe is then given compost or manure as much as 15 tons for each hectare of land, and leveled and made the path as deep as +/- 1 cm with a distance between the grooves of 15-20 cm
Repeat the soil treatment by hooping it for the second time so that the soil structure will grow loosely. After that, make bed-sized beds width 120-150 cm, height 30-40 cm, length depending on land conditions, and distance between beds 50-60 cm.
- Seedling
A good seed is the initial process to obtain maximum results. To obtain good seeds, the seedlings should come from the plant that grows strong and strong, the seeds must be of short-lived varieties, have high production power, and the shape is uniform. Such good seedlings can be purchased at agricultural equipment stores. However, farmers generally make their own hatcheries with the following stages:
a. Choose a carrot crop that grows fertile and healthy and aged about 3 months. Unplug the carrot and look at the tuber. If the bulbs are normal (not deformed), yellow / orange, and have a smooth and shiny skin, then the tubers are eligible to be used as a parent tree
b. Cut the petiole along with the leaves attached to the tubers and leave +/- 10 cm. Cut the tuber tip about a third part
c. Prepare the carrot breeding ground by making perfectly processed beds including optimal manure. Make a planting hole with spacing 40-60 cm x 40-60 cm
d. Plant the tubers in the hole and ground the soil slowly to the neck of the stem. Along the rows of tuber plants, make shallow grooves as far as ± 5 cm from the stem
e. Give artificial fertilizer from mixture ZA + SP + KCL (1: 2: 2) as much as 10 grams for each plant, and cover the fertilizer with a thin soil
f. Maintain seeds of carrots to produce fruit stalks and seeds in large quantities or approximately for 3 months. Pick up the carrots that are dry / old, and dry in the sun to get the seeds
Seed carrots derived from the nursery are then rubbed with both palms so that between the seeds of one with the other not attached to each other. The seeds are then soaked in cold water or warm water (60o C) for 15 minutes. to speed up the germination process. Drain the seeds in the container until they are dry enough, and the carrot seeds are ready to be planted
- Planting Technique
Beds that have been made as mentioned above, then sprinkle the carrot seeds evenly follow the flow / garitan available. The seeds of newly dispersed carrots are then covered with thin soil as deep as 0.5-1 cm. Also make shallow cuts as far as +/- 5 cm from where the seeds to put the basic fertilizer. The fertilizer provided is a mixture of ± 400 kg of TSP with ± 150 kg of KCl. Spread evenly with the fertilizer and cover with a thin ground.
- Plant Maintenance
In the maintenance phase, then some things that need to be done are: - At the time of carrot plants 1 month after planting, thinning so that carrot plants can grow fast and fertile and give high yield. Along with thinning, do also weeding of weeds that grow in planting land, so that carrots are not unrivaled in obtaining nutrients, sunlight and water needs
During the maintenance period give the follow-up fertilizer along with thinning and weeding activity, ie when the carrot plants are 1 month old. The aforementioned fertilizers are urea or ZA with doses of 100 kg urea or 200 kg ZA for each hectare of land.
- Harvest and Post Harvest
Carrot plants begin to be harvested at the age of 100-120 days after planting. At that time, the size of the bulb has reached the maximum size but not too old. Tubers that are harvested are too old, can cause the bulbs to become hard, berkatu, and the quality is low so it does not sell. Likewise with the harvest is done too early, will produce small tubers with low production
How to harvest carrot plants is done by pulling out the whole plant with tubers. Well-grown plants can produce about 20-30 tons of bulbs per hectare of land. Collect crops in strategic shade, or place them in the yield warehouse. Sort and classify by separating the defective, damaged, or rotten tubers in separate places, and also classify the carrot bulbs by size and shape
To facilitate storage and transport at the time of sale, partially cut the petiole and leave about 15-20 cm. Bind also carrot bulbs so it is practical to be lifted or carried.