Amsterdamer Adam

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Description

Amsterdam Adam is a specific professional variety for hobby gardeners, marketed under this name (often by Horti Tops) and sharing the characteristics of Amsterdam 2

Growing tips

🌾 Sowing - Timing: ◦ Early varieties: from March ◦ Late varieties / storage carrots: April-June - Row spacing: 25-30 cm - Sowing depth: approx. 1 cm - Tip: Seeds germinate slowly. A marker seed (e.g. radish) helps to recognize the rows. 🌱 Location & soil - Sunny to semi-shady - Light, loose, deep soil - preferably sandy and humusy - No fresh manure - leads to "legginess" (branched, crooked roots) - Poor in stones 💧 Care - Keep evenly moist, but not waterlogged - Remove weeds regularly, as carrots grow weakly at first - Separate after emergence: 3-5 cm distance between the plants - Mulch with fine material 🌾 Harvest - Early carrots: from June - Storage carrots: from September/October - For storage: twist off the leaves, store in a dry and cool place (e.g. in sandboxes) 🌿 Good neighbors - Onions, leeks, garlic, chives - Lettuce, spinach - Peas, beans - Tomatoes, peppers, chili, okra, eggplant - Kohlrabi, radishes, radishes, turnips/beets, chard - Rosemary, sage, thyme, borage, basil, oregano, hyssop, lavender - Marigold, nasturtium, phacelia, cosmeas, marigolds, cornflowers - Sunflower, zinnias, mallow, columbine 🚫 Bad neighbors - Dill, fennel, parsnip, parsley, celery, coriander, chervil, caraway, aniseed - Mint, tarragon, comfrey, goldenrod - Potatoes, Jerusalem artichoke - Cabbages, turnips, rapeseed - Pumpkin, zucchini, cucumber, melon 🔄 Crop rotation advice At least 3 years break between carrots and other umbellifers (dill, parsley, parsnip, celery, fennel). 🐛 Common pests - Carrot fly - Nematodes (root aphids) - Aphids - Carrot leaf flea - Slugs and snails - voles 🍂 Typical diseases - Powdery mildew - Alternaria leaf spot disease - Cercospora leaf spot disease - Bacterial soft rot - Root rot - Virus diseases (red leaf virus)

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Moist

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

Low

Plant distance

4 cm

Row spacing

30 cm

Seeding depth

0.5 cm