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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: colinc on June 27, 2011, 20:58

Title: Carrots
Post by: colinc on June 27, 2011, 20:58

I am newcomer to vegtable gardening I have grown some carrots from seeds which started in pots in the green house and got planted outside in in the end of march. I have dugs some up tonight and they are a bit deformed to say the least where did I go wrong.

Title: Re: Carrots
Post by: Yorkie on June 27, 2011, 21:01

I think you have described where you went wrong.

Carrots and parsnips are vegetables with a decent tap root.  They often don't tolerate being sown in pots and then transplanted.  I suspect that they got a bit squashed in the pots, and would not recover their straightness thereafter.

Title: Re: Carrots
Post by: mumofstig on June 27, 2011, 21:01

they really don't like being transplanted :(


snap  :lol:

Title: Re: Carrots
Post by: colinc on June 27, 2011, 21:07

I love this forum such quick replies, many thanks I am learning all the time

Title: Re: Carrots
Post by: TerryB on June 28, 2011, 12:06

I plant all mine direct in position.
You can get away with starting them in pots but they must be transplanted before the tap root gets to the bottom of the pot.
Try again with some early nants and transplant as soon as they are showing.

Title: Re: Carrots
Post by: sunshineband on June 28, 2011, 12:22

Good luck second time around, colin  :)