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Jim T

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« on: May 05, 2008, 17:45 »
After making all the mistakes last year about carrot fly etc, I have now made a nice high bed filled with nice bump-free compost.
But suddenly I realised I don't know about the optimum pH for carrots;
Do they like lime or not :?:
Former biochemist, now experimenting and having fun. :-)

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« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2008, 18:11 »
Dunno, just put mine in the soil in a row!

Sometimes think we get too wound up trying to get a perfect pH for each crop!
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2008, 19:57 »
"Dig an ole an bury it, seeds are cleverer than you fink,they know which way is up dont they"
To quote a 'youngun' I heard tell his dad the other day! :lol:
"You must cut down the mightiest Oak of the forest,with a ......... Herring!"
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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2008, 20:50 »
Quote from: "DD."
Dunno, just put mine in the soil in a row!

Sometimes think we get too wound up trying to get a perfect pH for each crop!


 :wink:

Especially that we private  gardeners don't have a perfect measure of it, so really lucky that soil ph is hard to change.

I never lime for carrots, I sow them in cheap compost and un-manured clay.
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