Yes, those carrots in the photo look just like the thinnings I am taking out now. They haven't had long enough in the ground, that's all. They should come good, although they don't like being moved. A later sowing should get away more quickly now.
hi mick2110 most of my crops are doing well also the garden is full of pots/onions leeks/ beet but the one thing I have tried 3 times is basil and in the end dovef/a said buy a plant and split it that worked got a good plant from M.S and looks good now tunnel looks ok mick I have what the builders left on a site the white membrain that went under floor heating it lets light in and water seeps through.. I might try that in my raised bed 10 ft x4 I have a few good 3x2timbers left 8fts have to have a think in coffe time when I am in garden this morn when g/son goes to school
having grown carrots in boxes hitty missy for a few years i picked up an idea on youtube about growing carrots and tried a method used in america
The video on youtube proved that carrot seed under aliminium foil germinated in under one week which for carrots was amazing
so two boxes filled with fine compost and mixed with sand chanteney and sweet candle seed planted and boxes covered in foil pegged to edges of boxes
just over one week and seeds began to come up, once 50% up i removed the foil and placed debris netting over pegged secure
i plan to frame the boxes so that i can lift the netting to suit the size of carrot growth, which at the moment are at the top of my allotment where they get 70% sunshine daily but gona move them down to get full sun
lets hope i get some crops from my experiment and if i do will go into full planting mode in readiness for next year
good luck with carrots and pictures to share with all
hi chris172 as I grow most of my carrots if not all that looks a damm good idea chris I was thinking about some later carrots now I will try that ..some of my earlys are not far of(ideal baby carrots ) so when I take them out will go to mackro wholesalers for some foil thanks again for the idea chris
I've tried several and they've all been much tastier than shop-bought carrots. I think growing them in good soil and eating them fresh makes any variety taste pretty good.
Long rooted ones are tricky to get out of the ground in one piece. Stump- rooted varieties are more manageable, and less likely to fork, although you're still bound to end up with some comical specimens.
You can get various coloured carrots now, but I don't find the flavour as good as the orange ones.
The main thing is to keep the carrot fly off them, by using fleece or other barriers.
I am growing Early Nantes currently I grew then last year too and I left them in the ground until I wanted to eat them. The problem with leaving them too long is they bolt and the carrot is woody. So I will harvest them a little earlier. The problem I found is distorted roots even in a non manured stone free bed with the sandy soil etc. I tried Chantenay Red cored and even those purple skinned ones and they were tasteless.. My carrots taste fine but look twisted so are difficult to peel.
Those lovely long tapered roots we see exhibited at shows are special seeds and they are grown between to plates of glass with a sandwich of sandy compost and slot in ply side panels.. Then the grower can regularly inspect his champion carrots without pulling them until they are of optimum size..
All the very best to all you prospective carrot crunchers..
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Thank you for your advice, I've replanted 10 and sown another 2 rows, hopefully will get a crop by September/October
Yes, those carrots in the photo look just like the thinnings I am taking out now. They haven't had long enough in the ground, that's all. They should come good, although they don't like being moved. A later sowing should get away more quickly now.
hi mick2110 most of my crops are doing well also the garden is full of pots/onions leeks/ beet but the one thing I have tried 3 times is basil and in the end dovef/a said buy a plant and split it that worked got a good plant from M.S and looks good now tunnel looks ok mick I have what the builders left on a site the white membrain that went under floor heating it lets light in and water seeps through.. I might try that in my raised bed 10 ft x4 I have a few good 3x2timbers left 8fts have to have a think in coffe time when I am in garden this morn when g/son goes to school
hi all
having grown carrots in boxes hitty missy for a few years i picked up an idea on youtube about growing carrots and tried a method used in america
The video on youtube proved that carrot seed under aliminium foil germinated in under one week which for carrots was amazing
so two boxes filled with fine compost and mixed with sand chanteney and sweet candle seed planted and boxes covered in foil pegged to edges of boxes
just over one week and seeds began to come up, once 50% up i removed the foil and placed debris netting over pegged secure
i plan to frame the boxes so that i can lift the netting to suit the size of carrot growth, which at the moment are at the top of my allotment where they get 70% sunshine daily but gona move them down to get full sun
lets hope i get some crops from my experiment and if i do will go into full planting mode in readiness for next year
good luck with carrots and pictures to share with all
happy gardening
Chris,
That looks a fantastic idea, and I will give this a try as it's probably not too late in the season. Thanks for sharing.
Like the look of your pallet work bench as well
hi chris172 as I grow most of my carrots if not all that looks a damm good idea chris I was thinking about some later carrots now I will try that ..some of my earlys are not far of(ideal baby carrots ) so when I take them out will go to mackro wholesalers for some foil thanks again for the idea chris
Wow, very impressive system. That's one thing I love about allotments, seeing all the ingenious uses that people find for simple materials.
Being new to the carrot growing world, is there any type of seed I should be looking to sow for a better chance of crop?
I've tried several and they've all been much tastier than shop-bought carrots. I think growing them in good soil and eating them fresh makes any variety taste pretty good.
Long rooted ones are tricky to get out of the ground in one piece. Stump- rooted varieties are more manageable, and less likely to fork, although you're still bound to end up with some comical specimens.
You can get various coloured carrots now, but I don't find the flavour as good as the orange ones.
The main thing is to keep the carrot fly off them, by using fleece or other barriers.
I am growing Early Nantes currently I grew then last year too and I left them in the ground until I wanted to eat them. The problem with leaving them too long is they bolt and the carrot is woody. So I will harvest them a little earlier. The problem I found is distorted roots even in a non manured stone free bed with the sandy soil etc. I tried Chantenay Red cored and even those purple skinned ones and they were tasteless.. My carrots taste fine but look twisted so are difficult to peel.
Those lovely long tapered roots we see exhibited at shows are special seeds and they are grown between to plates of glass with a sandwich of sandy compost and slot in ply side panels.. Then the grower can regularly inspect his champion carrots without pulling them until they are of optimum size..
All the very best to all you prospective carrot crunchers..