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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Jim T on May 05, 2008, 17:45

Title: growing Carrots
Post by: Jim T 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 :?:

Title: growing Carrots
Post by: DD. 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!

Title: growing Carrots
Post by: sawnee 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:

Title: growing Carrots
Post by: gobs 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.