General information and discussion about cultivating all other edible garden plants.
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April 3, 2015 | #16 |
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Some people use a long board to cover the row of planted carrot seeds. Keeps the soil from drying up, but must check under the board often and remove it as soon as the first sprouts come up.
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April 3, 2015 | #17 |
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Is it too late to plant carrots in south-central NC?
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April 3, 2015 | #18 |
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April 3, 2015 | #19 |
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When I plant mine and have to leave I put an automatic spray system on it that goes off several times a day when I get home the seeds are sprouted.
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April 3, 2015 | #20 |
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Nope. I planted some out a couple of years ago on 4/10 and harvested from mid-June through November.
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April 3, 2015 | #21 |
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April 3, 2015 | #22 |
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I had planted in a 72 cell and had great looking Carrots. I put hem in Walmart Bags With The Mireille Grow Potting soil. I forgot about them for one day. The day was very windy and the soil dried up. Now I do not have any Carrots left! So I just wanted to know about sowing them in my garden?
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And yes, you can direct sow them in your garden. I'll probably do that on Sunday. Lee
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April 3, 2015 | #24 |
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I shouldve tried that. This year I planted thick mustard to keep tomatoes company. I trim it down so it never gets much above 4 or 5 inches, but now Im worrying that its a nitrogen hog and having second thoughts about the idea.
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April 4, 2015 | #25 |
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Here we have soil that will often set after rain or watering, so we often cover the seed with sand and/or ash depending upon whats available, neither set and seed come thru easily.
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April 4, 2015 | #26 |
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Carrots?
Stvrob, I found out last year (don't ask how) that arugula growing next to tomatoes stunts the tomatoes severely - a bad companion pairing. The Sungolds and black cherry plants mingled with the arugula patch (it was volunteers that I left to grow) only grew to be a foot tall, while those same varieties just a couple feet away had reached four feet or more. I pulled all the arugula at that point, but those stunted plants never caught up. I don't know if that's a trait specific to arugula, or if other brassicas do that to tomatoes as well, but I'd keep a close eye on those next to mustard.
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April 4, 2015 | #28 |
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April 5, 2015 | #29 |
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Spring-planted carrots grow pretty well, but they usually don't taste as good as ones planted for the fall unless you're in a real northern state or up in the mountains or somesuch. I think of spring-planted carrots as being more of an ensemble vegetable -- something you'd throw into a soup or stew or stir-fly -- but not something you'd snack on or serve up as an entree all by themselves unless you add honey or something.
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April 5, 2015 | #30 |
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Carrots cooked in a little dark ale are good.
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