My carrots are rubbish. They're in a light sandy soil with good drainage that's pretty much stone-free. Yet the carrots planted in April have come out like emaciated stunted pencils. The ones i saw on gardeners' world last night were ace. what am i doing wrong?

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dan_bo wrote:

My carrots are rubbish. They're in a light sandy soil with good drainage
that's pretty much stone-free. Yet the carrots planted in April have
come out like emaciated stunted pencils. The ones i saw on gardeners'
world last night were ace. what am i doing wrong?

Living in the wrong country. I will bet that the pictures were not
of this year's carrots. It has been so bloody cold than mine are
similar to yours, and I have (like you) almost ideal soil.

I believe that the penalty for showing a gardening program on television
or writing a gardening article and using data from previous years or
otther seasons, without making that clear, should be the stocks.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 08:59:59 +0000, dan_bo
wrote:


My carrots are rubbish. They're in a light sandy soil with good drainage
that's pretty much stone-free. Yet the carrots planted in April have
come out like emaciated stunted pencils. The ones i saw on gardeners'
world last night were ace. what am i doing wrong?

Probably your soil is too well drained. Try incorporating some fine
(sieved) compost next year or peat or peat substitute.
(This advice from one who has given up trying to grow carrots because
my soil is too sticky and stony!)

Pam in Bristol

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On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 08:59:59 +0000, dan_bo
wrote:


My carrots are rubbish. They're in a light sandy soil with good drainage
that's pretty much stone-free. Yet the carrots planted in April have
come out like emaciated stunted pencils. The ones i saw on gardeners'
world last night were ace. what am i doing wrong?

Probably your soil is too well drained. Try incorporating some fine
(sieved) compost next year or peat or peat substitute.
(This advice from one who has given up trying to grow carrots because
my soil is too sticky and stony!)

Pam in Bristol

Because of constant failure to grow carrots in the
garden I grew round carrots in tubs this year. They
are more short and fat than round but very tasty, so
the compost idea worked for me.

Tricia in Scotland
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Tricia Weston wrote:
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4ax.com, says...

On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 08:59:59 +0000, dan_bo
wrote:


My carrots are rubbish. They're in a light sandy soil with good drainage
that's pretty much stone-free. Yet the carrots planted in April have
come out like emaciated stunted pencils. The ones i saw on gardeners'
world last night were ace. what am i doing wrong?

Probably your soil is too well drained. Try incorporating some fine
(sieved) compost next year or peat or peat substitute.
(This advice from one who has given up trying to grow carrots because
my soil is too sticky and stony!)

Pam in Bristol


Because of constant failure to grow carrots in the
garden I grew round carrots in tubs this year. They
are more short and fat than round but very tasty, so
the compost idea worked for me.

Tricia in Scotland
Oh, I can grow carrots ok, no problem. Of course there is a snag, the
root fly grubs love them and ruin them. No matter what I try. :-(((

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Broadback wrote:

Oh, I can grow carrots ok, no problem. Of course there is a snag, the
root fly grubs love them and ruin them. No matter what I try. :-(((

I find that the resistant varieties work well enough, especially
Marshall's, though 'resistant' does not mean 'immune'. I also
do not weed or thin in the heat of the day.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Nick Maclaren wrote:

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Broadback wrote:

Oh, I can grow carrots ok, no problem. Of course there is a snag, the
root fly grubs love them and ruin them. No matter what I try. :-(((


I find that the resistant varieties work well enough, especially
Marshall's, though 'resistant' does not mean 'immune'. I also
do not weed or thin in the heat of the day.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Well there is no way I am going into the garden in the heat of today!
A Northern European am I, is this the start of the heatwave they
promised us? Sorry folks but I hope not!

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Well there is no way I am going into the garden in the heat of today!
A Northern European am I, is this the start of the heatwave they
promised us? Sorry folks but I hope not!

Oh, I do hope that it is - but, then, I am not a European native!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.