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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: vegypete on January 24, 2013, 19:39

Title: carrots
Post by: vegypete 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
Title: Re: carrots
Post by: Madame Cholet 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.
Title: Re: carrots
Post by: shoozie on January 24, 2013, 22:40
Alternatively you could create a raised bed and fill it with used compost