Carrot variety Losinoostrovskaya 13
In any vegetable garden there is sure to be a bed with carrots. An easy-to-grow vegetable, it tastes very good and is healthy. Today there are a lot of new varieties, but one should not forget about the old, time-tested ones. One of them is Losinoostrovskaya 13. This unusual name was given to the vegetable by its developers - breeders from the Federal Research Center for Vegetable Growing. The registration date of the application is 1960, after 4 years of variety trials, the crop was included in the State Register of Plants of the Russian Federation. Approved for cultivation in the North-West, Central, Volgo-Vyatka, Central Black Earth, North Caucasian, Middle Volga, West Siberian and Far Eastern regions of the country.
Description
The rosette is semi-upright, about 40 cm high. It consists of 11, but more often of 13 leaves (hence the name, probably). The leaf plate is multiple pinnately dissected. The length of the plate and petiole are approximately equal (about 20 cm). The color is deep green. The shape of the root crop is cylindrical, with a downward slope and very small upward. The tip is blunt, but sometimes it can be pointed, the head is slightly concave. Fruit length 15 cm, diameter up to 4 cm. Weight - from 69 to 155 g. The peel is thin, smooth with small eyes, orange. Lateral roots are filiform, in large numbers. The flesh of the carrots is orange, juicy, sweet. The core is faceted or round, also orange. The taste is good and excellent.
Characteristics
- Losinoostrovskaya 13 is a medium-ripening variety. From the moment of emergence to harvest, it takes from 85 to 115 days;
- the yield is excellent - 5.5 - 7.6 kg / square meter;
- resistant to color;
- tolerates cold snaps well;
- has resistance to the main diseases of the umbrella family;
- has excellent keeping quality.
A feature of the variety is the absence of a green color on the upper part of the root crop. Everything is explained simply - during the growing season, the fruit is completely immersed in the soil. Only sometimes it happens that the upper part slightly protrudes from the ground.
Nuances of agricultural technology
For sowing Losinoostrovskaya 13, you need to choose sunny areas with well-drained light soil and a deep arable layer. You should also choose the right predecessors - early potatoes, onions, cucumbers, tomatoes and cabbage. After these vegetables, the quality of the carrots will only get better. Sowing time is from April to May, depending on climatic conditions. Planting depth - no more than 2 cm. Planting pattern - 5 - 6 cm between plants and 25 - 30 cm between rows. After sprouting, they need to be thinned out to avoid thickening.
The variety can be planted before winter. In this case, you can get an excellent harvest of early carrots.
Cultural agrotechnology is simple. You just need to loosen the soil in time, weed out weeds, water and feed the plants.
Losinoostrovskaya 13 is appreciated for its unpretentiousness and easy maintenance. The large yield of juicy and tasty root vegetables makes the variety attractive for growing in large volumes. This is also facilitated by excellent keeping quality without loss of taste and marketability.
Baby puree and juices are made from the sweet pulp of carrots on an industrial scale. It is good in natural form and for any culinary treatment.
I have been growing this carrot for a long time, it is very common in our region. When I can find seeds on the tape, I buy them. In this case, there will be much less problems with leaving. But more often I just sow with seeds. I don't bring organic matter into the garden, knowing that it is not recommended, but ash and mineral fertilizers - yes. In our climate, seeds do not germinate for a very long time, about two to three weeks. So I found a way to speed up germination. I do this. Two weeks before sowing, I pour the seeds into a cloth bag and drop them into the ground in the garden. At the end of April, I dig out the swollen seeds ready for sowing. They emerge in four to five days, or even earlier, if the weather is warm. Normal care - weeding, loosening. It is kept in my cellar in the sand until spring.
I recently learned about this method of germination. I have been using it for the second year. I plant the Queen of Autumn and Losinoostrvskaya carrots, periodically trying new ones. The only thing I want to add on this planting method is watering. If there is no rain for a long time, then the seeds will dry out and the germination rate will noticeably fall. Losinoostrovskaya is well stored until the next harvest. I harvest carrots from the garden late - in mid-October, always in dry weather. Immediately after cleaning, I put it in storage. There is no cellar, so I store it underground in a plywood box with a lid in dry sand. The cultivation of this variety is not noticeably different, but I try to water and loosen well at the beginning of the growing season, then the carrots will be sweet and even.