[solway cropper]

I gave up trying to grow carrots in my veg plot when I realised that all the stones meant I would never get an unforked one. So for the last 10 years I've grown them in an assortment of containers with a finely sieved potting mix. Today was time to pull some from one of the 10l flower buckets but they were so tightly packed I had to split the bucket to get them out. Result was just over 1.5 kg of lovely roots. The variety is James Scarlet Intermediate and here's some pics to prove it. I still have 8 assorted containers of carrots to see us through the winter. If anyone is fed up of wonky carrots then tubs is the way to go

[Mr Dog]

Completely agree. I use flower buckets and for smaller carrots and a variety of old baths and cold water tanks for maincrop types. I grow my parsnips in the bigger containers too.

[ApprenticeGardener82]

I have started to sow in containers as of this year... will never go back, very pleased with the results.

[JayG]

Are you all relying on your containers being high enough above the ground to avoid carrot fly, luck, or something else? 

[Mr Dog]

Are you all relying on your containers being high enough above the ground to avoid carrot fly, luck, or something else? 

Learned a long time ago that carrot flies don't (or can't) read and therefore don't know that they aren't able fly more than a few feet above the ground. Fine netting is my choice of defensive weapon.

[Christine]

One of the packets of carrots I  had suggested growing a sacrifice crop next to the fly resistant ones. Got an early crop of Paris Market before the fly struck and an excellent crop of the others. But yes netting is the way to go - I put my tubs on the raised hard standing down middle of plot but having tall hedges I suspect that the carrot fly just thermals in glider fashion without the net. 

[lettice]

They look a good cropping variety.
Have a neighbour who grows his carrots in long cylindrical containers, that are about 18 inch high. He grows Nantes and Autumn King.

I do not grow carrots to be large (as my neighbour swaps with me his larger varieties), but in 12 inch width by 9 inch height pots I grow mine as baby carrots.
I grow Amsterdam Forcing, Chanteray and Touchon and have done for over a decade. 
I sow over a few months from Feb to June and pick through the harvesting season, June to October and for Touchon, September to January.

I sow thinly, but do thin out seedlings and pop them in spare pots.
Do cover them with netting for their early growing stage, more to prevent animals digging up the bare soil than carrot fly (that Ive never seen here).
I like pots as I have them placed all around the plot.
I do occasionally get a few that from an unusual shape, but mostly are uniform.

Not heard of that variety. What is the flavour like? Might tempt my neighbour to try it.

[Yorkie]

They look great - it's interesting to see what size containers are being used, and to see what can be achieved.  I've not tried that variety before.

[solway cropper]

In previous years I've used enviromesh to keep off the dreaded fly but this year I've seen no trace of the little beasties so the tubs are just plonked on the soil. I'm hoping that the funny weather is something to do with the lack of carrot flies and that next year there will be fewer about.

[Allan-25J]

Cant wait till next year to try my carrots in containers

[meriad]

solway cropper - can I ask; do you think out your seedlings or just scatter quite thinly.  I've never tried carrots but those do look fab so am now very tempted to give them a go.

then re carrot fly - when do you net and I assume you have to net high so the green can grow underneath?

[moose]

I bought some pelleted carrot seeds from Seekay- with discount code from John. Easy to space out and 100% germination.

[Tenhens]

Cant wait till next year to try my carrots in containers

Two questions.

Is it too late to sow this year  , and , are the flower buckets mentioned the ones that Morrisons sell their cut flowers in?