[mickwood]

OK, so the pots are up (well half!) and I'm thinking what to put in their bed next. The soil is nicely broken up so I was wondering if it's too late for carrots??

[agapanthus]

If you can give them some protection against the frosts later on they should be ok. Thick fleece or straw 

[Salmo]

It is a gamble but if the season is kind you will should get a crop.

Carrot fly is active until mid September so they will need protection.

[mickwood]

Cheers guys! I may just give them a go 

I'm struggling to think of things I can grow from now, onwards that I actually like to eat!! DON'T wanna leave a bed empty!!

[themoog]

I'm trying out a variety called Eskimo this year which claim to have some frost tolerance.

Good luck.

[Kimberley04]

I took a chance with some parmex about a fortnight ago.  The packet said sow up to July, so can't wait to see if they'll produce anything

[peapod]

I shoved some in yesterday, and can cloche if needs be. Even if small theyll do my Christmas dinner

[Ice]

Check out a variety called Nantes Frubund.

[cooperman]

tried Nantes last year - late crop with some protection (fleece) did the trick

[peapod]

Mine are 'Kingston' if that helps - long and uniform apparently (just in case you are growing in pots)

Ill have a look for that too Ice

[Zippy]

For future reference (too late now) I usually have a couple of pumpkins, corgette or some kind of squashy things sitting in large plant pots waiting in the wings to dump into the potato plot which will still be heavily mucked and nice soil to let the squahes romp away in once they are set free from their pots.

Two greedy crops from one plot, then next year I grow legumes which helps to bring the nitrogen back up again, then Brassicas, then Roots, then muck and Potatoes again and so on.

[barbarella]

I sowed some carrots two weeks ago yesterday in the hope of a late crop but so far no sign of germination.  We didn't get any luck last year either so weren't going to bother again but had a free packet of T&M seeds.

It is usual for carrot seed to take so long?

[pushrod]

I sowed some carrots two weeks ago yesterday in the hope of a late crop but so far no sign of germination.  We didn't get any luck last year either so weren't going to bother again but had a free packet of T&M seeds.

It is usual for carrot seed to take so long?

not unusual to take two weeks... three and you probs have a problem

[barbarella]

I think they might have started to germinate now - I was picking over the seed bed yesterday to get rid of little weedlings when I noticed what looked like little bits of grass coming up.  I pulled out a couple then realised the fact they were in a row meant they must be the carrots.  I was expecting feathery shoots, but now I realise the the seed leaves (cotyledons?) look like grass.  Is that right?   Uh oh ... I have now probably alerted every carrot fly for miles around

[pushrod]

  I was expecting feathery shoots, but now I realise the the seed leaves (cotyledons?) look like grass.  Is that right?   

yep, first two leaves are long and thin, then come the feathery ones.