Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: richrua on April 18, 2012, 23:09
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Lidl are selling a few varieties of carrot in seed tape.
I put some in today.
Anyone tried these with good results?
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I haven't tried them but have heard, more than once, that the results don't tend to be too good with patchy germination. Beechgrove conducted a test a couple of years agoand they weren't impressed if I recall. I posted on that in here, but can't put my hand to the post right now..
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I used it a few years ago and found them to be patchy. I ended up with big gaps when one or two failed to germinate. I also live near a park and the squirrels often bury/dig up nuts - when they got hold of the tape lots came up and I had to try to re bury it!
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I've tried making my own this year. Cut some strips of newspaper and stuck seeds to them with flour and water glue. They've just started to germinate.
I did it so that I didnt need to thin out as much but I suppose that the down side may be that there are some gaps.
Regards, WG ;)
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I've never thinned carrots in all my years.
My 5 thumbs on each hand don't let me sow particularly thinly, but they'll gently push each other to one side.
Thinning only attracts the attention of carrot fly.
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I've never thinned carrots in all my years.
My 5 thumbs on each hand don't let me sow particularly thinly, but they'll gently push each other to one side.
Thinning only attracts the attention of carrot fly.
Good to know. I have only once grown a decent row of carrots.
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I will leave my carrots alone then, it does say on the packet to thin but this will save me the trouble.
I've never thinned carrots in all my years.
My 5 thumbs on each hand don't let me sow particularly thinly, but they'll gently push each other to one side.
Thinning only attracts the attention of carrot fly.
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Someone gave me carrot seed tape once so I tried it but won't be buying any. I had to go along later and fill in the gaps as it was so patchy. A gimmick in my opinion.