{"product_id":"carotte-de-colmar-a-coeur-rouge-2-ab","title":"COLMAR CARROT WITH RED HEART 2 AB","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Colmar Red Heart 2 carrot is a productive, late-ripening variety with good cold resistance, making it ideal for autumn harvesting. It keeps well over winter. The Colmar Red Heart 2 carrot is renowned as one of the largest carrots!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e Successfully sowing red heart Colmar carrots\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Summer sowing, from May to July for a harvest from early autumn to winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Prepare the seedbed very well: refine the soil well, water the soil, sow thinly in rows 25 to 30 cm apart, in a sunny location and cover with a mixture of very fine soil and sand for a few millimeters. Water with a light rain. Place a P17 type fleece over the seedbed to keep the soil moist and prevent the surface from drying out, keep moist until the seedlings develop.\u003cbr\u003e Thin out once to 4 or 5 leaves at 2 or 3 cm then to 7\/8 cm.\u003cbr\u003e Hoe and weed regularly. Water during dry periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e Good pairings with carrots\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eYou can combine your carrot crops with radishes, which means you don't have to thin out the carrot row several times, and radishes also keep red spider mites away.\u003cbr\u003e Near your carrot crop you can grow onions, garlic or even leeks, they will be beneficial to the carrot by repelling the fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e Preserving carrots\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Let your carrots dry for 1 to 2 days on the ground, cut the leaves off at the root collar, and clean them without washing them. When they are dry, place them in sand in the cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e Enemies of the carrot\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe main enemy of carrots is the carrot fly. The larvae of this fly dig tunnels in the roots, moving down towards the tip. The heaviest infestations occur in July\/August. The foliage of affected carrots turns yellow and wilted. The best way to combat the carrot fly remains prevention, using the right combinations of tansy and lavender decoctions, as well as applying an insect repellent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Root aphids can also cause significant damage, which can be controlled with a treatment based on nettle manure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ENSACHAGE FDSM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42111323799633,"sku":"1412A","price":3.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0643\/9193\/8129\/files\/CAROTTE-DE-COLMAR-A-COEUR-ROUGE-2-AB-ENSACHAGE-FDSM-71228425.jpg?v=1749032002","url":"https:\/\/www.fermedesaintemarthe.live\/en\/products\/carotte-de-colmar-a-coeur-rouge-2-ab","provider":"La Ferme de Sainte Marthe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}