[Calou]

I'm sure I've read (more than once on here) that carrots should be well spaced out, well chatting to one of the guys on the plot tonight and he was telling me that he grows his in bath tubs!! Does anyone else out there do this and how many do u get to a bath?  :shock:

[Sadgit]

I'm sure I've read (more than once on here) that carrots should be well spaced out, well chatting to one of the guys on the plot tonight and he was telling me that he grows his in bath tubs!! Does anyone else out there do this and how many do u get to a bath?  :shock:

i grow mine in old water tanks... as usual I didn't thin them out enough so loads of small ones. but works a treat.. the height of the bath/tank/etc means the carrot fly cannot get to the carrots.

[gobs]

Very true, if you are  not growing for show, (and before I get attacked on this I must ad G Hamilton confirms) they are one of those crops that don't need too mush space and just push each other out.

And I do grow radish and beetroot with the same technique and I cannot show them, but for the kitchen they are more than adequate in my book, thin them by removing the biggest ones for eating early.

Waste not.

[Boothy]

I grew mine in an old wooden chest - only used a quarter of it for carrots - rest for cabbage and had quite a successful - if a bit on the small crop.

[Calou]

Well thats interesting, thanks guys. So obviously they don't need alot of space then and as I have no plans to "show" then I may just give it a go.

[muntjac]

just sow em n pick as you go .. you wont get fly if ya got the bath high enough ...... oh n leave the blooming plug out   carrots cant swim :roll:

[Calou]

Gee Munt' thanks, would never have thought to leave the plug out!!!!   :?

[mkhenry]

I grow mine in dustbins.  I grow them in a spiral,  That way as I pick them the sun reaches the smaller ones in the middle.  As the season heats up or later cools down I move or just twist them a little.  No pest no viruses and def no carrot fly.

I grow different carrots in each bin making sure of a succession.  When the first early ones have all been picked,I sow a winter standing one.  

Werks for me.  

[muntjac]

Gee Munt' thanks, would never have thought to leave the plug out!!!!   :?

 i know , that why i reminded ya ,, women ferget these things  :roll:    

[Calou]

I grow mine in dustbins.  I grow them in a spiral,  That way as I pick them the sun reaches the smaller ones in the middle.  As the season heats up or later cools down I move or just twist them a little.  No pest no viruses and def no carrot fly.

I grow different carrots in each bin making sure of a succession.  When the first early ones have all been picked,I sow a winter standing one.  

Werks for me.  

So they can grow that close huh, I mean if you do it in a spiral fashion MK, thanks for sharing that one.

[mkhenry]

I grow mine in dustbins.  I grow them in a spiral,  That way as I pick them the sun reaches the smaller ones in the middle.  As the season heats up or later cools down I move or just twist them a little.  No pest no viruses and def no carrot fly.

I grow different carrots in each bin making sure of a succession.  When the first early ones have all been picked,I sow a winter standing one.  

Werks for me.  

So they can grow that close huh, I mean if you do it in a spiral fashion MK, thanks for sharing that one.

Yeb and as others have said eat any that you feel you want to thin.DDDDDelicious

[Annie]

We`ve just finished our carrots and OH has now got a bath on standby for next year..my view about a bath in the garden has been modified as the carrots have diminished and I am now strangley drawn to the idea.

[muntjac]

they also make nice litle fish ponds ,,,,,,, nice for goldfish on the plot and if ya have a pond at home and they breed you can put them in a bath to grow on,,, silicone sealant the plug hole tho  

[mkhenry]

they also make nice litle fish ponds ,,,,,,, nice for goldfish on the plot and if ya have a pond at home and they breed you can put them in a bath to grow on,,, silicone sealant the plug hole tho  

Munty means the bath plug hole not the gold fishes    

[muntjac]

they also make nice litle fish ponds ,,,,,,, nice for goldfish on the plot and if ya have a pond at home and they breed you can put them in a bath to grow on,,, silicone sealant the plug hole tho  

Munty means the bath plug hole not the gold fishes    

 dohhhhhh,, ty mk .... lololo