[diggerjoe]

I'm determined to grow some this year- failed miserably in the past so have an enviromesh tunnel ready and waiting, have dug a trench and filled with sieved soil and sand and if they grow and the family dont eat them I am taking them ( family) to car boot and swapping them

[mickeyboy]

from what ive read these are one of the hardest veg to get right?
so after reading everthing i could im going to put 3 se3eds in a toilet roll holder

let them germinate fingers crossed and when i plant them out i shall slit the loo roll with a stanley blade and put them in the alloted patch on the lotty and cover with some quality netting this i hope will work or has any of the olduns got a sure fire way that they would care to share

regards

Flitwick0ne

firstly a net will solve nothing im afraid, carrot root fly will easily get through this which is the main problem for carrots. They germinate vey easily in the ground so no need to sow in moduels or loo rolls. If you do use loo rolls there is no need to cut the tube just plant and the tubes will rot. If you are that worried plant over 2ft as carrot root fly can only fly that high or cover with horticultural fleece tunnels u can buy chapley of ebay
Hope this helps

[mickeyboy]

Just a quick question about sharp sand. I have just built a raised bed for my carrots and was going to improve the drainage buy putting some sand in but have said not to use the builders stuff because it contains impurities.
Any advice

i mixed in normal sharp buildes sand to my 1 meter tall beds and had massive success with carrots so i would worry too much