[vegmandan]

Just to prove you CAN grow decent carrots on a heavy(ish) clay soil.

Had to rotavate the hell out of the soil early on mind you.

[Trillium]

Carrots will grow in almost any soil, just that the looser the soil is, the easier it is for roots to grow. Like you, I too must rotovate my heavy soil a lot. Yearly I add loads of shredded leaves and manure. I don't find the manure causes forking, but rocks and rock hard soil do.

[jack russell]

nice carrots dan they are a testament to your hard work

[mashbintater]

Wow, they're lovely! VERY well done  
 I mustn't transplant my thinnings next time, now I know not to  :oops:  

[Jeanieblue]

We're proud of our carrots, but they're not as big as yours. The grandchldren are visiting for a week and we can't wait to see their faces as they pull carrots, dig potatoes, pick and pod broad beans ... we've saved some carrots in a trough especially, so that they don't decimate the whole patch down the lottie!

[green fingers]

Well I cant grow carrots in heavy soil.  Have sown a couple of rows and what with rabbits digging them up and the OH standing on them(!) have precisely 3 carrots growing and I think you could safely call them "baby carrots" :roll:

[Jeanieblue]

If it helps, we grew ours under green debris netting rescued from a skip. It works a treat, letting in rain and light and keeping out ufffos (unwanted feathered flying nd furry objects!). I dug our heavy soil as well as I could and then added a bag of compost to lighten things up a bit.