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Carrots and Parsnips

GwenrGwenr Posts: 150
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Is this due to too much Nitrates?

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    probably too rich a soil, or very stony soil?
    Devon.
  • GwenrGwenr Posts: 150

  • GwenrGwenr Posts: 150
    Hostafan1 said:
    probably too rich a soil, or very stony soil?
    No stones, they were grown in troughs with compost, core.

  • Loraine3Loraine3 Posts: 579
    How deep were the troughs?
  • GwenrGwenr Posts: 150
    These are the last carrots from one trough, I've got some seedlings almost ready to replant, just wonder if the carrots pulled would have taken enough of the nitrates already. We never had this problem when growing in the ground, but it was clay.
  • GwenrGwenr Posts: 150
    Loraine3 said:
    How deep were the troughs?
    2' deep

  • Loraine3Loraine3 Posts: 579
    Just wondered if they had hit the bottom then gone into odd shapes. My parsnips in a raised bed usually hit the bottom then go sideways!
  • GwenrGwenr Posts: 150

  • GwenrGwenr Posts: 150
    This is one of the troughs, it's quite deep, I've filled it right to the top. I've got another longer one but not as deep, had runner beans and carrots growing in it, the carrots were lovely and straight, but I think the runner beans were taking all the nutrients and that's why the carrots were perfect.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Carrots and parsnip seeds prefer to be sown direct,  did you try them in modules/pots first? That could be a reason for the funny shapes,  all eatable though,  just a light scrape with a knife. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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