Thanks Dove from above for the picture of CoCo de Paimpol beans. It looks like they don't need canes to clime not one in sight so thanks to all for their input ; I now consider my question regarding height now answered Thank you all
My brother is one of those farmers - there are many different maincrop carrot varieties grown commercially, depending on the requirements of the supermarkets with whom the farmer has a contract.
One of the most commonly grown commercial maincrop carrot varieties is Imperator.
I have found imperator 58 carrot seed it's on its way to my adress in cambridgeshire as I'm still enjoying the sun in Egypt hope the postman can get in the letter box by the by seed from USA watch this space for progress
Not sure I'd grow a carrot variety grown commercially, they favour storage and transport qualitites, not flavour. I've yet to buy a carrot that was worth eating. My carrots become flaccid after a couple of days, whereas bought ones are firm for weeks.
I need a carrot that can be over wintered with some fleece protection and as I'm away for the winter when I return home I can with in a week or so pull carrots which will be equally as good as any obtained from Waitrose or sainsbury and farmers markets Any carrot grown where I live will have a better taste then some grown elsewhere such as in Essex or Scotland and as I've said before my garden is so small I need the space so as to start a new season of seed sowing ie Earley Nantes Swift potatoes will be planted 25th Feb I shall be disappointed if cannot have new potatoes after 6/7 weeks still enough time for a second planting New potatoes for Easter Sunday lunch being grown in greenhouse while I'm sunning myself here in Egypt cannot get any better
I can r ember as boy my father growing a vegatable much like a cauliflower arround 1945/46/47 but flatter then a cauliflower as we know today they were harvested from arround end of Jan -March they were known as a broccoli and we're very prolific to make use of them seemed to be on the table every meal in one form or other after giving them away Can anybody out there r ember them ??
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Thanks Dove from above for the picture of CoCo de Paimpol beans. It looks like they don't need canes to clime not one in sight so thanks to all for their input ; I now consider my question regarding height now answered Thank you all
Is out there anyone know the name of the carrot seed that the farmers use to overwinter with the use of f lease and where possible to obtain such seed
My brother is one of those farmers - there are many different maincrop carrot varieties grown commercially, depending on the requirements of the supermarkets with whom the farmer has a contract.
One of the most commonly grown commercial maincrop carrot varieties is Imperator.
You may find this interesting http://www.suffolkproduce.co.uk/carrots.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank to Dove from above for that prompt reply if I can find the seed I will have ago
I'm not sure if it's available on the open market - it may only be available to commercial growers in bulk quantities.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have found imperator 58 carrot seed it's on its way to my adress in cambridgeshire as I'm still enjoying the sun in Egypt hope the postman can get in the letter box by the by seed from USA watch this space for progress
Great! Looking forward to a progress report!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Not sure I'd grow a carrot variety grown commercially, they favour storage and transport qualitites, not flavour. I've yet to buy a carrot that was worth eating. My carrots become flaccid after a couple of days, whereas bought ones are firm for weeks.
I need a carrot that can be over wintered with some fleece protection and as I'm away for the winter when I return home I can with in a week or so pull carrots which will be equally as good as any obtained from Waitrose or sainsbury and farmers markets Any carrot grown where I live will have a better taste then some grown elsewhere such as in Essex or Scotland and as I've said before my garden is so small I need the space so as to start a new season of seed sowing ie Earley Nantes Swift potatoes will be planted 25th Feb I shall be disappointed if cannot have new potatoes after 6/7 weeks still enough time for a second planting New potatoes for Easter Sunday lunch being grown in greenhouse while I'm sunning myself here in Egypt cannot get any better
I can r ember as boy my father growing a vegatable much like a cauliflower arround 1945/46/47 but flatter then a cauliflower as we know today they were harvested from arround end of Jan -March they were known as a broccoli and we're very prolific to make use of them seemed to be on the table every meal in one form or other after giving them away Can anybody out there r ember them ??