carrots not long enough

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• madam green fingers Posts: 72

  July 2014

  Ok ill see what happens

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• TaraMaiden Posts: 46

  July 2014

  No. Once pulled, carrots just develop a thicker skin; in fact, it may do more harm than good... Once you expose the 'skin' to air, it kind of breaks the growing habit.

   

  How can I vouch for this? 

  Guess who tried it...?  

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• madam green fingers Posts: 72

  July 2014

  Nantes 2

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• madam green fingers Posts: 72

  July 2014

  Thanks taramaiden its good to know someone has tried this too

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• madam green fingers Posts: 72

  July 2014

  That's very true i didn't think of if like that to be honest

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,131

  July 2014

  How long is not long enough?  Nantes are stump rooted carrots reaching a maximum of 6" in ideal conditions. 

  
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• madam green fingers Posts: 72

  July 2014

  This wasn't even 6 inches to be honest

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,131

  July 2014

  That's normal for a Nantes -  up to a maximum of 6 inches - they're an early cropping carrot - for a larger maincrop carrot try Autumn King  http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/8692.shtml  

  
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