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Growing carrots in a container

SquonkSquonk Posts: 12
in Fruit & veg

Hi all, need advice.

i have just got hold of an old recycle box 15in x 20in x 15in deep.

Do you think I will be able to grow short carrots in this as I have always failed miserably in the ground?

cheers

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  • SquonkSquonk Posts: 12

    Love it Verdun. Great advice.

    Here I go then.

     

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    I've grown Chantenay carrots in just such a box - very successful. image  I also grew globe beetroot, Swiss chard and dwarf french beans in other recycling boxes. image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813

    Verdun.....Trying your advice again of drilling holes and filling as you said 

    They all failed last year so Im trying again

    Thanks for the help Young Man

    Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    You need to make lots of drainage holes in the bottom of the boxes image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • SquonkSquonk Posts: 12

    Phew! Just had a fab full day in the garden.

    thanks to everyone for the advice. Some great ideas.

    Dove, I love the idea of growing french beans in a box/ container - I'll put some copper tape around the top to deter the snails and slugs. They have devastated crops previously.

    Happy gardening Folks - time for a soak!

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    If you stand the box on a few bricks etc, you'll also have a better chance of avoiding carrot fly which allegedly only fly 18 inches high.  For the last few years I've very successfully grown carrots in raised wooden planters for that very reason and the days of my carrot crops being totally devastated by carrot fly are becoming a distant memory! image  Works for parsnips too, but those need a deeper box - mine is 24" deep.

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • happyharryhappyharry Posts: 2

    imageive just built a raised planter 24 " high and have planted carrots.I was worried about carrot fly but your info about them only flying 18" high has answered that question. Thanks

  • Linda Taylor2 2103213618Linda Taylor2 2103213618 Posts: 400

    Always grow my carrots in containers-I usually add a good couple of handfuls of sand to the compost mix to keep moist. Also grow Peas, Mange Tout, and Dwarf Beans in containers. Don't laugh, but I've also grown Cabbage and Caulis in big catering baked beans tins. One per tin......and they turned out OK!!image

  • flowerbunny85flowerbunny85 Posts: 30
    I grew carrots in a container in my parents garden as a teenager along with a lot of other things they turned out well, no carrot fly!! They were all a little on the small size though, I gave them to my grandparents, they grew all their own veg and they loved them!
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