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country roads
True Blue Farmgirl
443 Posts
Melissa
Shinglehouse
Pa
USA
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 Posted - Jan 18 2009 : 10:56:53 AM
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What kind of carrots do you have good results with (growing and canning)? I planted some year before last and they didn't do well at all. They grew extra nubs? and the carrot itself split. I just learned hubby likes cooked carrots and would love to plant some this spring. With the way the economy is now I would like to put up as much food as possible in the fall.
Take care, Melissa.
Farmgirl # 352
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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Posted - Jan 18 2009 : 12:10:53 PM
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Melissa,
My hubby works for Bolthouse Farms and they grow lots of carrots. We grow carrots in very sandy soil. I would look in the seed catalogs and find a variety that works with the soil types that you have as they very so much. You can grow some of the larger varieties if you plan on just canning or cooking them~ but they do vary in sweetness as well.
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Jan 19 2009 : 06:42:31 AM
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Melissa, I have great success with Nantes carrots. They are a medium length, sweet, heirloom carrot. I've only had a few come up out of the ground with "legs" and none have ever split on me. I don't can my veggies as I prefer the taste of frozen so, I can't say how well they can. I think frozen is closer to fresh. Nantes freeze very well and I have been growing them for several years. They do prefer a sandy loam-type soil, free of rocks, for good root development.
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
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Posted - Jan 19 2009 : 07:25:46 AM
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Melissa-We love carrots here too. I have tried many types is the past. My favorite is St. Valery (heirloom), also have grown Danvers Half Long and Nantes with great success. The ones that didn't impress me were some purple ones that I bought one year, they had a low germination rate. Also last year I tried Oxheart (I think that was the name) they are about 3-4 inches long by 2 inches wide. I found them to be pale and flavorless. Do make sure you have the loose soil like the others said. Also I usually plant 2 varieties so when I freeze them I have a variety of flavor.
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country roads
True Blue Farmgirl
443 Posts
Melissa
Shinglehouse
Pa
USA
443 Posts |
Posted - Jan 19 2009 : 08:34:45 AM
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Thanks girls for the help. I will have to get some sand and peat moss to add to the garden. Each year I seem to toss out bushels of stones, I swear someone keeps burying them in the fall so I can start over in the spring! I will have to go through my seed catalogs and decide which ones will grow good and will stand upto canning. Thanks again ladies!
Take care, Melissa.
Farmgirl # 352
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Lanna
True Blue Farmgirl
330 Posts
Lanna
A little town in Idaho
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Posted - Jan 24 2009 : 10:20:51 PM
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Yup, sounds like your soil was a bit clay-ey. Either fluff it up with a bunch of compost and a little peat moss, or try growing a variety that's better acclimated to tough soil - one that's short and stout rather than long and skinny. I want to say thumbelina, oxheart, that kind of thing. It's annoying when the winter heaves up a bunch more rocks, isn't it? We have quite a collection of rocks in one spot below our garden - I don't dare go down there.
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4738 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jan 26 2009 : 07:49:33 AM
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Thanks for the planting tips and variety suggestions for the carrots. I would love to grown and juice my own this year. I tried to grow petite baby carrots last year, but I started the seeds too late. I'm hoping for better luck this year.
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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
391 Posts
Belle
USA
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Posted - Jan 28 2009 : 7:38:56 PM
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Hi Melissa,
I am glad that you started this thread. I have also been interested in planting carrots. I am learning a lot by reading this thread. Thank you for posting it!
Belle
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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country roads
True Blue Farmgirl
443 Posts
Melissa
Shinglehouse
Pa
USA
443 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2009 : 9:32:19 PM
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Hello Belle,
I have been looking at my seed catalogs and have decided on two different kinds. The Red Cored Chantenay and The Nantes. Both are heirlooms, I think(if I read the catalog correctly). I just hope I can grow enough to can a couple good sized batches, they will taste great in the middle of winter:)
Take care, Melissa.
Farmgirl # 352
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jan 29 2009 : 12:48:46 PM
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I have grown both of those types and loved them....but HERE we have such bad clay soil that so far I havn't got a good carrot crop. I dont' give up easily though..and each year my garden gets nicer..the soil I mean...so maybe this will be a good carrot year. Good luck with yours!!
Jenny in Utah
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