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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
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 Posted - May 07 2010 : 8:39:13 PM
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My Sweetie (dh) and I are growing carrots for the firts time in our garden. This evening, dh asks how are we going to know when to pull the carrots up. So, we pulled one up, and it was super thin, I ate it and it was good. Tasted just like a carrot.
So, I ask, when does one know when to harvest carrots?
Thanks for any information.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherry
bend in the high desert
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Posted - May 08 2010 : 06:20:02 AM
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hi marly the seed pkt should tell you how many days to maturity. also when the shoulder of the carrot pushing up and out of the soil. you will be able to put a finger next to it in the soil. you can feel how fat they are on top. they must be thinned, if not they will not thicken and mature. same for beets. happy days sherrye
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Fiddlehead Farm
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Diane
Waupaca
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Posted - May 08 2010 : 09:06:44 AM
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It depends on if you want baby carrots or mature carrots. Baby carrots don't have to be thinned as much as mature carrots. Mature carrots will thicken at the top and push out of the soil a little way when they are done growing.
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Alee
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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angela
martinsville
indiana
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Posted - May 08 2010 : 11:17:44 PM
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As long as they are spaced 2-3 inches apart I usually give them 2 months after they first sprout. Well, I give most of them 2 months. I tend to start pullin some up to nibble on after about a month or so. I am very impatient! LOL!
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - May 09 2010 : 6:46:30 PM
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Thank you, thank you all. The carrots DO INDEED need to be spaced, but my sweetie (dh) will not thin them. He doesn't want to upset the carrots. Okay, well... we will just have bunches of baby carrots. I hope.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Alee
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Bear5
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Posted - May 10 2010 : 7:48:35 PM
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Thanks, Alee. What a good idea. I think I'll go into the garden area tomorrow and clip, clip, clip.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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kristin sherrill
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
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Posted - May 11 2010 : 05:14:54 AM
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Marly, I planted 3 different kinds of heorloom carrots in a raised bed. And they are full of weeds now. I wanted to wait til the carrots got bigger to weed so I wouldn't pull them up. But it's just full so I need to do something soon. I love fresh carrots right out of the garden. What kind did ya'll plant?
Kris
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - May 11 2010 : 7:41:11 PM
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Hi Kris:
I have no idea what kind of carrots we planted. We bought the seeds in a pack. Sorry. What is heirloom carrots? I love fresh carrots too.
Marly
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kristin sherrill
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chickamauga
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Posted - May 11 2010 : 8:41:32 PM
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Marly, they are OLD carrot vareities. They were just seeds that are able to be saved and replanted to make more instead of buying more seeds. Anything that is heirloom is a true older plant that you can save seeds from each year. Some seeds have been saved for generations and passed down through families. So the seeds are very precious. I have some seeds of different veggies that are really old. Not the seed itself but seeds saved from certain plants to plant again the next year.
Ok, I hope this makes sense. I tend to ramble. But hybrid seeds are not true to the particular plant. Like hybrid peppers are made using a few other peppers and getting one pepper. If you take a seed from that new pepper and plant it you will not get another pepper like that one. If you take an heirloom plant and save seeds from it and plant again the next year you will get exactly what you had the year before.
Really hope it makes sense now.
Kris
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Bear5
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Posted - May 11 2010 : 8:51:39 PM
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How interesting Kris. I just didn't know they called the saved seeds, Heirloom seeds. My Sweet husband saves many of the flower seeds and plants them again the next year. So, I guess we've been planting heirloom seeds. How cool is that! Thanks for taking your time to explain. You are a sweetie.
Marly
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