Carrot (Daucus carota)
Published: 2015-03-21Tags: алелопатия, моркови, другаруване, растения-компаньони
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Onion, leek and herbs such as rosemary, wormwood and sage repel the carrot fly, whose larva often attacks the shoots of young plants. Salsify — sometimes called goat's beard — helps to repel the carrot moth. Use a mixed planting.
Carrots do well with tomatoes, as well as with leaf lettuce, onion, wild garlic, leek, radishes, rosemary and sage — but they have a strong intolerance to dill! Carrots improve the growth of peas.
For carrots with a sweet taste, your soil needs enough lime, humus and potassium. Too much nitrogen will cause poor flavour, as will a long spell of very hot weather.
Apples and carrots should be stored separately, to keep the carrots from turning bitter.