Colorful carrots cultivation report

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Cultivated by mixing red carrots and yellow carrots. Let’s start a little strange carrot story!

レイチェル Rachel

Hello! “I’m Rachel, the colorful carrot fairy.” Carrots are orange. Carrots are the most common orange color, but there are also cute yellow carrots. The story of colorful carrot cultivation that you can’t see at the supermarket is a little fresh.

Colorful carrots “almost weekly” cultivation report
  • 8/28start
    Seed planting
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    Carrots are best sown in the summer and harvested in the fall and winter (northern hemisphere). Carrot seeds don’t absorb water very well, so it’s important to give them plenty of water at first.

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  • 9/4
    Germination!
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    What a germination! “You’re full of energy.” Carrots will grow slower if the soil is highly acidic, so if you mix the soil well with Magnesium lime, it will grow faster.

  • 9/11
    True leaves come out!
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    From the center of the first leaf, a unique leaf like a sparkler came out.

  • 9/18
    Leaves start to grow
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    Rachel

    A leaf that seems to hear the sound of crackling and sparklers. It’s getting bigger little by little

  • 9/25
    Volume up!

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    Rachel
    Rachel

    About a month after seeding. The leaves have grown quite a bit. Carrot buds tend to grow quickly when there are many buds around them, so they tend to grow quickly.

  • 10/2
    The stem begins to thicken
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    You’ve become a lot more reliable!

  • 10/9
    Leaves grow on new branched stems
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    A characteristic of carrots is that new buds often sprout from a single plant, and new leaves grow.

  • 10/16
    Leafy branched stems
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    Rachel

    In the empty space left by the growth of the previously grown leaf stems, new stems grow thick with leaves. We share the space fairly evenly.

  • 10/23
    Like a forest with more leaves
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    Wow wow···

  • 1/30
    The stem grows
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    Stretch, stretch!

  • 11/6
    Thicker leaf stems
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    Growing thick!

  • 11/20
    Leaf, stem, stable
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    When about 5 to 7 leaf stems appear on each plant, the growth of the stems takes a little break. It will continue to send energy to the root carrot throughout the cold winter that is about to come.

  • 12/4
    Extra leaves

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    Rachel
    Rachel

    Even though it’s getting colder, carrots are growing green new leaves one after another. No matter how cold it gets, I can feel the sturdiness of the growing number of leaves.

  • 12/11
    Carrot “head” out
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    Rachel

    It’s done! “The carrot heads are starting to appear.”

  • 12/18
    New leaves still appear
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    Even though it’s already the beginning of winter, new leaves are still growing. It’s cold tolerant.

  • 12/25
    Fountain of life
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    Even though it’s Christmas today, these green leaves and stems. It converts winter sunlight into energy and sends it into the carrot.

  • 1/22
    Carrot heads to swell!
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    Carrot heads are growing! “And the leaves are still coming out…”

  • 1/29
    Leaves still growing
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    This vitality, this vitality that appears in the coldest of winters, may be what makes carrots so delicious.

  • 2/5
    Go around
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    A carrot leaf that wraps around the stalk. And in the center is the male figure of a carrot waiting to be harvested. Coming soon.

  • 2/12
    Ready for harvest
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    Harvesting carrots takes about 100 to 130 days after planting, depending on their size. The leaves do not wither even when it is harvest time, so it is important to harvest at the right time. Don’t hesitate to pull it out when the blue neck grows big enough before it breaks.

  • 2/19
    Harvest!
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    Rachel
    Rachel

    After spending a lot of time, the carrots that have grown in the winter sun are finally harvested. I grew up fat and big! “I wonder if the yellow carrots grew better this time.” Both the orange carrot and the yellow one are so sweet and rich in flavor that they look just like fruit!

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Colorful carrot cultivation point

The key points are to thoroughly mix basal fertilizer and magnesium lime in the soil, to give plenty of water until germination, and to thin out at the appropriate timing. Also, be careful not to move the roots such as transplanting during growth, as this will result in poor growth.

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