Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Cultural Studies on Carrot Stecklings in Relation to Seed Production
Stock seed of Red Core Chantenay carrot was sown in a series of experiments from 1945 to 1949 at Logan, Utah, to determine the effect Of rate of seeding, time Of planting, and width of planting shoe on the numbers and distribution by Size of the stecklings produced. Many Of the same stecklings were later used in other experiments to determine the effect of steckling size on stand, rate of plant develop ment, height, branching habit, seed yield, and viability. A time-of harvest treatment was also combined-with some of the studies. From these experiments, the following conclusions have been drawn.
Within practical limits, it is almost impossible to produce in an nu thinned seedbed a crop of carrot stecklings of uniform size. Although the proportion Of medium-size roots may remain relatively stable within a series Of treatments, greater numbers Of larger roots are Obtained only at the expense Of producing fewer smaller ones. The reverse is also true. The largest numbers of suitable stecklings were Obtained by sowing at about 14 pounds per acre in rows a foot apart in early to mid-june.
Plantings as late as July 29 prevented the development of many large stecklings, but plantings as early as June 4 did not prevent the appearance of some small stecklings at harvesttime.
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