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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 08:26:49 AM
Or maybe they're not for you, but I've tried the last 2 seasons and they turn out all spindly and anemic, or hairy and tiny, or they just don't do diddly squat. Or...ants get them. Frustrating.
What's your secret with carrots?
I'm debating putting them in again, but I want to be sure that I can actually get a couple!
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Mar 17 2010 : 04:08:52 AM
Thanks for that tip, Diane. I'm very anxious to see how this year goes. I'll lick these carrots, yet!
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| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Mar 16 2010 : 06:20:03 AM
Another thing that I do to keep the pests away is to surround the carrot rows with crushed egg shells and coffee grinds. Keeps away the pests!
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 9:22:26 PM
Here are some tips for growing carrots:
http://www.truehealth.org/acarrot.html
http://www.vegetable-garden-guide.com/how-to-grow-carrots.html
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Grow-Organic-Vegetables,-Such-As-Carrots&id=3620967
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 7:42:29 PM
Jonnie:
We are planting carrots for the first time. I'll let you know later how ours are doing.
Marly
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| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 6:16:29 PM
Loose soil for sure - my carrots always turn out okay but I have had a really hard time getting them out of the ground some years.
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| Ingrid |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 4:45:16 PM
Also plant onions with the carrots and it keeps the bugs away. Works great.
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 2:02:01 PM
LOL, Alee...they're pretty ugly. So ugly I wasn't at all interested in eating them! I wonder..I also just read that your soil can be TOO nutrient rich if you have hairy carrots. Who knows?
In answer to Sherri's question, they were a couple of heirloom varieties that were supposed to grow in shallow soil, which is why I chose them. Think I might just get some at the garden store and see how it goes. Nothing fancy this time!
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 1:06:38 PM
Jonni, as others have said---extra loamy soil. And thin them. You can wait til you have a tiny carrot before you thin them and use the tiny carrot in a salad. But loamy soil is a must---and lots of sunshine. Good luck. MB
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 1:01:29 PM
I wonder if you need to check the PH of the soil? Some hairs are normal- it's how the root is brining in nutrients, but if it is super monster needs a shave type of hairy perhaps the soil does not have enough nutrients that the carrots like?
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| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 12:00:02 PM
What variety are you growing? My soil is pretty sandy and I do little or nothing except weed and thin and get great carrots. Perhaps it is drainage and the type you are growing.
Blessings, Sheri
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 11:56:37 AM
Sadly, Tanna, mine have been in raised beds each year! Thanks for the "luck"...I'm really hoping they work this time.
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| Tanna |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 11:48:41 AM
I had great success with a raised bed of carrots.
Good luck to your carrots this year. They are so good fresh from the garden.
Tanna |
| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 10:54:13 AM
In reading some online resources and your suggestions here, I'm thinking I overwater and don't thin nearly enough. Those darn seeds are sooooo tiny! I will give it a shot again and see if I can beat em'.
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| 1badmamawolf |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 10:11:40 AM
over watering and under watering are also death to carrots, evenly moist soil, lots of compost and loamy soil are best
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 09:13:09 AM
Hmmm- I have never had any problems with mine. I would make sure your soil is really loose and pest free!
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 09:12:26 AM
Thanks, Diane...I will try again (I'm devoting just a small section this time to SEE how i do :))...less margin for error!
Annika, that was what happened last year to me...that combined with hair and anemia and I really didn't want to even TRY eating them!!!
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| Annika |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 09:04:11 AM
I always end up with some kind of grubs in mine ....blech!
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| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Mar 15 2010 : 08:45:27 AM
Really loose soil and lots of compost, also make sure you thin them out so they are a couple of inches apart.
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