Dark sores on carrots will help distinguish from wet rot

On the excavated carrots, dark depressed sores can be found with a healthy top. Cavernous spotting associated with soil organisms Pythium is possible. Its depressions are often dry and stretched across the root, but one spot does not confirm the diagnosis.

On the pulp, a trace of a cut speaks in favor of injury, a soft watery area and an unpleasant smell - in favor of rot. Select softened carrots; separate root vegetables with dry sores from healthy ones and use them earlier, without leaving them for storage for a long time. No damage can be repaired.

If there is water on the beds and the soil is long damp, next year improve its drainage, avoid excessive watering and observe the alternation of crops. With mass repetition of spots, diagnosis is needed, not treatment at random.