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    Carrots can be grown year-round in Zimbabwe. For a 1 hectare field, 2-4 kg of seed is required with a planting population of 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 plants and a spacing of 5-8 cm between plants and 30-50 cm between rows. Harvesting takes place 70 to 120 days after planting depending on variety and lasts 20 days. Yields of 25,000-50,000 kg per hectare can be expected.

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    Carrots can be grown year-round in Zimbabwe. For a 1 hectare field, 2-4 kg of seed is required with a planting population of 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 plants and a spacing of 5-8 cm between plants and 30-50 cm between rows. Harvesting takes place 70 to 120 days after planting depending on variety and lasts 20 days. Yields of 25,000-50,000 kg per hectare can be expected.

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    Crop: Carrots: See Leaf Vegetable Common Pests and Diseases and Their Control For Chemical Options

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    Dyke Muza
    Carrots can be grown year-round in Zimbabwe. For a 1 hectare field, 2-4 kg of seed is required with a planting population of 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 plants and a spacing of 5-8 cm between plants and 30-50 cm between rows. Harvesting takes place 70 to 120 days after planting depending on variety and lasts 20 days. Yields of 25,000-50,000 kg per hectare can be expected.

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    Crop: Carrots

    Production season In Zimbabwe the crop can be grown all year round.

    1ha/10 000m2 1000m2


    Area to plant 100m2 (10mx10m)
    (100mx100m) (20mx50m)
    Seed required 2– 4 kg 200-400g 20-40g
    Plant population 1 000 000-2 000 000 100 000-200 000 10 000-20 000
    Plant spacing in row 5cm-8cm
    Spacing between rows 30cm-50cm
    Compound D Fertilizer
    100-200 44105 1.0-2.0
    kg/ha
    Top dressing NOT necessary 100 kg 10 kg 1.0 kg
    Manure kg/ha 10 000-20 000 1 000-2 000 100-200

    Days to Harvest 70 to 120 days depending on the variety

    Harvest duration 20 days

    See leaf vegetable common pests and diseases and their control for chemical options.

    Overhead, Pivot, Micro-jet and Drip systems are all suitable methods.
    Irrigation
    Ensure the soil is moist at all times.
    Roots are lifted by hand or a garden fork is used to harvest when
    Post-harvest handling
    they are about 2cm in diameter.
    Normal packaging Pockets Pockets Pockets
    Estimated Yield (kg/ha) 25 000-50 000 2 500-5 000 250-500

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