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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: daz on July 21, 2008, 19:53

Title: growing carrots in the same place year after year???
Post by: daz on July 21, 2008, 19:53

would this be ok to do as my garden is very very stoney and would take forever to clear them all and i understand that ideal carrots need a stone free enviroment so i was planning on completly clearing one patch of all stones just to grow carrots there

Title: growing carrots in the same place year after year???
Post by: richyrich7 on July 21, 2008, 20:04

The problem your going to get is you will get a build up of diseases and pests in that area, better to move them every couple of years at least preferably every year.

Title: growing carrots in the same place year after year???
Post by: vegmandan on July 21, 2008, 21:04

I agree.

Why don't you clear two patches of stones and then alternate between them yearly,you'll only need to clear about a  6 inch wide trench for each so it shouldn't be too much work. :shock:

Title: growing carrots in the same place year after year???
Post by: daz on July 21, 2008, 21:35

Quote from: "vegmandan"

I agree.

Why don't you clear two patches of stones and then alternate between them yearly,you'll only need to clear about a  6 inch wide trench for each so it shouldn't be too much work. :shock:

 i like that idea
any recomendation on what to alternate it with or shoud i fully rotae things round the one with no carrots

Title: growing carrots in the same place year after year???
Post by: vegmandan on July 21, 2008, 23:04

I'd alternate with lettuce or maybe spring onions.

They should be OK with a 2 year rotation and shouldn't harbour any shared pests  :)

Title: growing carrots in the same place year after year???
Post by: mtoyne on July 22, 2008, 10:22

You could always try growing the round ones instead, or growing them in raised beds?