Carrot Green Shoulders: Complete Treatment Guide
What is Carrot Green Shoulders?
Symptoms
- Green top portion
- Bitter taste in affected area
- Tough, woody texture
- Exposed root tops
- Discoloration
- Reduced quality
What Causes Carrot Green Shoulders?
- Sun exposure
- Insufficient soil coverage
- Erosion
- Poor hilling
- Shallow planting
- Soil washing away
How to Treat Carrot Green Shoulders
Organic Treatments
- Hill soil around roots
- Add organic mulch
- Cover exposed roots
- Proper soil mounding
- Regular monitoring
- Soil maintenance
Chemical Treatments
- Not applicable
- Focus on cultural controls
- Physical protection needed
- Soil management
Cultural Controls
- Regular hilling
- Proper planting depth
- Mulch application
- Soil maintenance
- Monitor soil coverage
- Erosion control
How to Prevent Carrot Green Shoulders
- Proper planting depth
- Regular hilling
- Mulch application
- Soil maintenance
- Erosion prevention
- Monitor growth
Recommended Fertilizers for Carrot Green Shoulders
- Not a fertility issue
- Focus on soil coverage
- Mulch materials