Dolciva (KS)

Season Overview

Description

Juicy orange Nantaise type variety selected for flavor with rapid youth development and healthy, vigorous foliage. Intense, sweet carrot flavor. Lower susceptibility to alternaria and bursting. Can be used as a bunch and wash carrot as well as a storage carrot. Germination after 20-30 days at 10-25°C. Preplanting possible, but transplanting may cause curvature, branching of carrots. Especially suitable for heavier soils.

Growing tips

Sowing for early cultivation as bunched and washed carrots from the end of February. Cultivation for storage from the end of May. Development period approx. 120 days. Recommended cultivation break: 3-4 years. Cover with crop netting to protect against carrot flies. Windy locations also help, as do mixed crops with onions or leeks, calendula or marigolds. Sowing in alternation with radishes helps to mark the rows and prevents thinning out due to too dense sowing. The bed should not be freshly fertilized when sowing and avoid using manure as fertilizer. For uniformly orange carrots, mound up any protruding ends. Tip: Keep moist in the last few weeks before harvesting to prevent bursting.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Moist

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

Medium

Plant distance

3 cm

Row spacing

30 cm

Seeding depth

2 cm