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next years carrot

Alan4711Alan4711 Posts: 1,657
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any advise for next years carrot please ours was a disaster this year looking for sweet and they dont have to be big, please
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  • FleurisaFleurisa Posts: 779

    In what way were they a disaster? Germination problems? Carrot root fly? What kind of soil are you growing in? Do you grow in containers. We can't fix the problem if we don't know what the problem is.

  • Alan4711Alan4711 Posts: 1,657
    up to 3 years ago the allotment was a field and although we bought in about 12 ton top soil we had blight,so did the other allotmenteers 50% lost crop to wire worm, and what was left in the 3 types of spud were huge scab infested ,the rest went to water when in the pan ,But this year new village new allotment ,new house, hence new carrots also we think the 4 ton of manure was not so good all who had it were disappointed as well,so a nice carrot to try please i think i might start them in the greenhouse toilet roll way if you think thats a good idea or no
  • * Red Dahlia ** Red Dahlia * Posts: 694

    I would say sand not fertiliser and sow direct and thin not toilet roll. I love the Nantes varieties and also I have tried Trevor and maestro. If you want a winter carrot I am trying giant flakk.

     

    my carrots were dire year one in new soil so I'm not attempting it again in my bed. I have a seperate bed that has spent compost and sand mixed in to lighten soil and lower fertiliser as fertile soil promotes lots of top and smaller carrots I have been told. 

  • Alan4711Alan4711 Posts: 1,657
    right a sandyish loam and deepish,no manure,direct sowing ,thinning as advised and a bitotlc and bobs your uncle,that is now in the allotment file, and many thanks for that already i see a few things i did wrong Cheers all

    Alan in Tenby and rain again
  • * Red Dahlia ** Red Dahlia * Posts: 694

    Saying that my dad has routine and his carrots are dire this year and mine were fab. Sometimes stuff seems to just go right or wrong I am learning!!! Parsnips this year have not germinated well at all!!! Disappointing as I spent a little more on pelletted seed do I could space nicely at my farthers! 

    anyone else have opinions on pelleteted seed???

  • * Red Dahlia ** Red Dahlia * Posts: 694

    Verdun your posts are always so intriguing. Are you a hobby gardener or is it a profession?

    this year I saved some seed from a piccallo Tom but also bought 6 gardedead delight. Me being me I ended up with 6 delight and 6 piccallo filling my greenhouse. It was like a jungle so I kept taking out shoots and reducing leaves and they were forming brill trusses. But all green and not ripening. I moved the buckets out of my green plastic greenhouse and stood against the house wall and they were ripening within a week. 

     

    My mum cursed me telling me that shouldn't be taking shoots and leaves off the g delights. Yet I got larger crops than her and the same on my piccallo vs the ones I gave her! So I still don't know if I was lucky or silly. It's was petersfield general purpose compost in a normal black bucket and I fed once a week after first fruit set.

     

    shall I do that again next year or learn a different way to deal with tom's. I loved every minute of collecting the seed, splitting from pulp, drying, germination and then potting on 50 to keep and give away. Maybe I was lucky as again I could have easily collected duff seed!! 

  • * Red Dahlia ** Red Dahlia * Posts: 694

    It's addictive. I took cuttings about 8 weeks ago and they are all potted on into 9cm pots and in a bread tray to overwinter I hope. I have 40 lupin plants in the greenhouse potted on about 3 weeks ago. 

     

    I have perennials just peaking thru the compost from seed. I also have 500 self collected pansy seeds and they are frantically growing to come out for winter interest.

     

    except I have no idea what I'm going to do with my plants that I'm overwintering, replace losses maybe or put a stall at the end of the drive!? Never overwintered perennials in pots, so unsure if the foliage will die off or I should be trying to keep them going. 

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