[devonbarmygardener]

I have never had this happen before with any carrots I have ever grown - and I've grown a few!!

This happened with 'Sugarsnax 54' - a variety I have never tried before but it has only happened to one carrot!

Any ideas anyone??

[mumofstig]

According to the carrot museum it's a watering problem see G16 towards the bottom of the page
http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/qna.html#g16

[devonbarmygardener]

There's a carrot museum

And trust you to know about it mum!!

You'd think that more of my carrots would be like that - they all got sown together and they al get watered or not watered together!

It looks a bit scary I think!!

[maxie]

I always get a few like that its always the ones that i think are going to be biggies as well 
I havent a clur what causes it though.

[devonbarmygardener]

Never seen a carrot like this before in any year I've grown them!
Thats why it freaked me out a bit!

[Beetroot Queen]

I always get a few like that its always the ones that i think are going to be biggies as well 
I havent a clur what causes it though.

See mums link and post above

[devonbarmygardener]

I'm really not having much luck with carrots this year!

Normally I'm pretty good with carrots - they might fork fairly often but they're still yummy and usable but what with the splitting above and now this...

I've grown 2 varieties this year (neither of which I've grown before - nor will I grow again!! ) 'Sugarsnax 54 F1' which is the split one in the photo at the start of this thread and 'Amsterdam forcing 3 (I think)' which were freebies and is the one in the photo below.

What do you think had caused this bizarre deformity - the narrow waist is a bit rotten but only in some? And they're pretty much all like it!

[GrannieAnnie]

Strangely enough I've had some like that this year.  I think it happened when we had that prolonged hot dry spell, followed by rain.

A bit like tomatoes, they tried to grow too quickly and split.  I don't waste them though, give them a good wash, cook them in a tiny amount of water and puree them.  Mine are in the freezer, waiting to be turned into soup!

I had lots of my 2nd sowing of carrots where the foliage was laying down.  I thought it was because of that bit of rain, but when I looked, slugs had chewed off the foliage and eaten the tops of loads of the carrots.

There are still loads in the fridge, so I don't really want to dig up anymore yet!   But I will if I have to!