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Old April 3, 2015   #2
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I had a nice crop of Carrots up and ready to be planted.
I'm a little confused about this. Do you mean to say you planted
the seeds inside, and were about to transplant them out?
I've seen this at some garden stores and I never have understood the reason for this. Since carrots are grown for their roots, transplanting is not a typical method to ensure quality (not twisted) harvests.

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Question? When I get my Garden soil can I plant the seeds I have left (a lot) directly into the soil? Beale.
Absolutely, that's the best way, and I would recommend to plant them in well draining/loose soil to ensure quality development of the roots.

Also, note, carrots love tomatoes. (Actually that's a book title you should check out!)
I always plant my carrots along the outside edge of the raised bed that I have tomatoes in. They do very well that way.

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