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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: fatbelly on March 11, 2012, 21:29

Title: In Praise of Autumn King 2
Post by: fatbelly on March 11, 2012, 21:29: Each year for the past 3 I have sown Autumn King 2 Carrots under Enviromesh. I want to say what a great Carrot they are. I sow cheap packet's of AK2 from Wilkos in the last week of May, water in and then leave them under the Mesh until October when the Mesh gets lifted and I start to Harvest.

I don't water again unless its very dry for the 1st month after sowing and I don't lift the mesh to weed for fear of the fly getting in. The weeds do grow a lot but they don't seem to hamper the Carrots growth & I don't have to worry about my crop being destroyed by the Fly.

I leave the roots in all winter and they just sit there waiting to be harvested, they over winter great and I am still picking them and they are still delicious. The slugs have chomped on them over winter but not to any great extent.

What a great Carrot they are & I can't easily think of another crop that takes so little time and last's outside throughout the winter whilst still maintaining its taste, 2 x 30 ft rows have fed us from October until now and we still have about 4 more meals left in the ground.
Title: Re: In Praise of Autumn King 2
Post by: gazza975526570 on March 11, 2012, 21:32: i really, really, really need to buy some enviromesh or similar as mine always go the way they do each year!!!!

Home grown carrots are just the best thing arent they (when not infested with maggots of course!!!!)
Title: Re: In Praise of Autumn King 2
Post by: DD. on March 11, 2012, 22:35: You took your time, but welcome to the club, fatbelly.

You have to grow AK, there's no other carrot that I've found can touch its flavour.
Title: Re: In Praise of Autumn King 2
Post by: Stratts on March 12, 2012, 12:11: Glad I saw this I've bought some of these to put in this year. You do make it sound easy though!! ;)
Title: Re: In Praise of Autumn King 2
Post by: compostqueen on March 12, 2012, 12:16: I've done well with AK and an old packet of seed too :) Not recommended of course but I sowed them into a tub with few expectations and was hugely pleased with the result
Title: Re: In Praise of Autumn King 2
Post by: mumofstig on March 12, 2012, 12:34: I sowed some in a tub in August ::) on the off-chance and it worked, i have been pulling them as finger carrots through the winter :)
Title: Re: In Praise of Autumn King 2
Post by: Stratts on March 12, 2012, 13:51: Sounds good my big aim this year is to try and provide something off the plot all year round!
Title: Re: In Praise of Autumn King 2
Post by: sunshineband on March 12, 2012, 20:19: I sow some AK in September and keep them under the mesh all winter. It seems to provide a perfect micro-climate and they are brilliant all through the winter.

Just a few left now :(
Title: Re: In Praise of Autumn King 2
Post by: Auntiemogs on March 12, 2012, 21:08: Yay! Just looked in my seed stache and I have some. Thanks guys! :)
Title: Re: In Praise of Autumn King 2
Post by: DD. on March 12, 2012, 21:17: When you've got a packet of everything, you were bound to find some!
Title: Re: In Praise of Autumn King 2
Post by: Auntiemogs on March 12, 2012, 21:56: Quote from: DD. on March 12, 2012, 21:17
When you've got a packet of everything, you were bound to find some!
I think we need a 'blush' ...thingummy (don't worry DD, I've checked :lol:)
Title: Re: In Praise of Autumn King 2
Post by: DD. on March 12, 2012, 22:15: (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-ashamed001.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)
Title: Re: In Praise of Autumn King 2
Post by: Auntiemogs on March 12, 2012, 22:22: Quote from: DD. on March 12, 2012, 22:15
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Noooo... :ohmy: ??? :lol: