Agricultural Practices by Carrot Growers

Pesticide Use Information for New York State

NAPIAP Survey - Carrots - 1996

Agricultural Practices by Carrot Growers

Agricultural Practices

Growers were asked to provide a snapshot of the agricultural practices they used on their carrot acreage. Questions were not predefined. The intent was to get an idea of some of the non-pesticide related agricultural practices carrot producers were using. We asked growers to indicate their tillage practices, fertilizer programs, row spacing and seeding rate, varieties and sources of their seed, seed treatments, and irrigation practices.

Table 13: Tillage Practices

1. What tillage practices are normally performed on your carrot acreage?

Practice	Responses
Moldboard Plow	7
Disc	6
Chisel Plow	3
Drag and Float	5
Cultivator	5
Roller	3
Harrow	2

Table 14: Fertilizer Applied Before and During the Season

2. What fertilizer program did you use at planting and during the season on your carrot acreage?

1200 lbs. 12-10-15 8 lbs./A Urea, 4 times/season	300 lbs. 0-0-60 Plowdown 300 lbs. 7-15-21 Plowdown 150 lbs. 22-0-20 Sidedress 300 lbs. 7-15-21 Disc
180 lbs. K 700 lbs. 7-21-7 110 lbs. Nitrogen	4000 gal/A Manure in Spring 230 lbs./A 14-24-12 Banded 53 lbs./A Nitrogen Sidedress
Broadcast 400 lbs./A 10-20-20 Sidedress 80 lbs./A 40-0-0	1000 lbs. 10-10-28 Broadcast 200 lbs./A Ammonium Nitrate Sidedress
Pre-plant 1000 lbs./A 10-20-20	600 lbs./A 0-0-60 Plowdown 350 lbs.A 10-20-20 Broadcast 100 lbs. 32-0-0 Sidedress
At planting 600 lbs. 10-20-20 50 lbs. urea	1200 lbs./A 11-52-0 Broadcast Pre-plant 800 lbs./A 0-0-60 Broadcast Pre-plant 80 lbs./A Nitrogen Sidedress
Broadcast 500 lbs. 10-17-20 Pre-plant With planter 300 lbs. 10-17-20 Knife in 110 lbs. Nitrogen Pre-plant 5 lbs/A Urea Foliar, 5 times/season

Table 15: Row Spacing and Seeding Rate of Carrot Acreage

3. What was the row spacing and seeding rate of your carrot acreage?

Rows: 30"
Dicers: 12-14 plants/ft.
Slicers: 28 plants/ft.

Rows: 28"
60 seeds/ft.

Rows: 28"
Dicers: 14 plants/ft.
Slicers: 25 plants/ft.

Rows: 4 row beds, 15" between rows with 23" breaks
8-9 plants/ft.

Rows: 14" between rows
Slicers: 2-2.5 lbs./A seed

Rows: 30"
Dicers: 12-14 seeds/ft.
Slicers: 20-25 seeds/ft.

Rows: 24"
Dicers: 14 seeds/ft.
Slicers: 25 seeds/ft.

Rows: 14"
Slicers: 15 seeds/ft.

Rows: 28"
Dicers: 14 plants/ft.
Slicers: 30-35 plants/ft.

Rows: 30"
Dicers: 1.5 lbs./A seeds
Slicers: 2 lbs./A seeds

Rows: 15"
15-18 seeds/ft.

Table 16: Carrot Varieties and Sources

4. What varieties of carrots did you plant and what were the sources of these varieties?

Variety	Responses	Source	Responses
Oranza	3	Verkiek	1
Eagle	6	Processor	3
Kamaran	2	Bejo	3
Calgary	2	Comstock	2
Blaze	5	Rogers NK	1
Bolero	8	Sun Seeds	1
660	4	Seigers	3
Chanticleer	2	Seedway	2
Fayette	2	Peter Edwards	2
Cameron	3	Seneca	2
Romosa	1	Stokes	1
Scarlet Martes	1
Chariot	1

5. What seed treatments did you make, if any?

All seeds were commercially treated before the growers received them.

Table 17: Irrigation Practices

6. What irrigation practices did you use, if any?

Practice	Responses
None	8
50 acres irrigated with center point, 5 times	1
Pivot 6 times, 50 acres	1
To get emergence, 2 times	1