My Holy Grail- Spring Carrots

dokutaaguriin · May 30, 2010

I was able to harvest some pretty good sized Spring Carrots yesterday:

Amsterdam and Nantes:

Napoli:

I have tried in years past but the were always smaller than a pencil.
Jeff

**Dukerdawg** · May 30, 2010

They look good enough to eat Jeff! Nice to harvest your own food. I bet they will be delicious. Steamed maybe with a little butter?

Duane

svalli · May 30, 2010

Looks great! I love the fresh crisp and sweet early carrots, but mine will not be done until in end of July. When did you sow the seeds and where did you grow them?

Medbury Gardens · May 30, 2010

Nice looking carrots Jeff, you aprear to have very friable soil and by there length.

dokutaaguriin · May 31, 2010

I grew them in my greenhouse. I planted out as soon as the soil was workable- late Feb. I dug down 20" or so for my greenhouse beds and filled it with good quality soil.
Next year, I will be a little more diligent when it comes to thinning out to produce even larger carrots next year.

Jeff

b54red · May 31, 2010

Good looking carrots and very long. Even in my raised beds I rarely get many that long. Thinning is the one chore that if you neglect will give you too many small carrots. It is also one of the most difficult with arthritis so the past few years I have been mixing my carrot seed with old very dry coffee grounds before seeding the ground. It virtually has eliminated the need to thin later in the season. It takes a little practice to get the right mix because at first you tend to put too many seed in the coffee grounds and you still need to thin some.

garnetmoth · May 31, 2010

nice haul! those look great

May 30, 2010	#1
dokutaaguriin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada Z3a Posts: 905	My Holy Grail- Spring Carrots I was able to harvest some pretty good sized Spring Carrots yesterday: Amsterdam and Nantes: Napoli: I have tried in years past but the were always smaller than a pencil. Jeff

May 30, 2010	#2
Dukerdawg Growing for Market Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westland, Michigan Posts: 861	They look good enough to eat Jeff! Nice to harvest your own food. I bet they will be delicious. Steamed maybe with a little butter? Duane __________________ May I aspire to live my life so that I may be the man my dog thinks I am.

May 30, 2010	#3
svalli Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vaasa, Finland, latitude N 63° Posts: 838	Looks great! I love the fresh crisp and sweet early carrots, but mine will not be done until in end of July. When did you sow the seeds and where did you grow them? __________________ "I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream." - Moomin-troll by Tove Jansson

May 30, 2010	#4
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Nice looking carrots Jeff, you aprear to have very friable soil and by there length.

May 31, 2010	#5
dokutaaguriin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada Z3a Posts: 905	I grew them in my greenhouse. I planted out as soon as the soil was workable- late Feb. I dug down 20" or so for my greenhouse beds and filled it with good quality soil. Next year, I will be a little more diligent when it comes to thinning out to produce even larger carrots next year. Jeff

May 31, 2010	#6
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Good looking carrots and very long. Even in my raised beds I rarely get many that long. Thinning is the one chore that if you neglect will give you too many small carrots. It is also one of the most difficult with arthritis so the past few years I have been mixing my carrot seed with old very dry coffee grounds before seeding the ground. It virtually has eliminated the need to thin later in the season. It takes a little practice to get the right mix because at first you tend to put too many seed in the coffee grounds and you still need to thin some.

May 31, 2010	#7
garnetmoth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: cincinnati, oh Posts: 492	nice haul! those look great