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« on: January 24, 2013, 19:39 »
hi ya :) my soil is very stoney carrots dont do to well it, so i thought about making a deep bed with sifted compost mixed with sifted soil and sharp sand, i thought about using builders sharp sand or would i need a horticulturel type sharp sand ...................pete
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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2013, 20:55 »
I did a similar thing this year I raked my carrot bed over several times to remove stones and mixed in some left over sharp sand from my diy projects. I had some really good carrots.
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2013, 22:40 »
Alternatively you could create a raised bed and fill it with used compost



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