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Carrots
CARROT QUICK GUIDE Latin Name Type Site and Soil Plant to Harvest Time How Many? The tastiest carrots are the early varieties, which can be harvested
as early as early June when they are at their most expensive in the shops. All in all, a good vegetable for the beginner gardener to try, but
read the section on carrot fly carefully. Where To Grow Carrots Early carrot varieties do best in full sun, especially
if they are to be harvested when young. Maincrop varieties do best with
some shade especially in mid-summer. Carrots are ideal vegetables for growing in containers
and raised beds.
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to go to our page on raised beds.
Get the soil conditions correct and carrots are one of the
easiest vegetables to grow in the cooler climates. Incorrect soil conditions lead to
mis-shapen carrots - these may well cause a chuckle when dug up,
but they are not so well appreciated at cooking time!
Daucus carota
Edible root vegetable
Full sun for early varieties, partial shade for maincrop varieties. Very well dug light soil.
Early varieties 10 weeks, maincrop 16 weeks
6 kg (13lb) per 5m (16foot) row for maincrop. 4kg (8lb)
for early varieties.
Carrots are rich in vitamin A, calcium and trace elements and a good
source of fibre. Maincrop varieties can be stored for up to
three months making it possible to have a near year round supply.
Carrots prefer a light soil which has been improved with lots of
well-rotted organic material fully dug into the soil. Carrots grown on
heavy soil, or where organic material is not well-rotted, will become misshapen
and grow 'forked. Stones in the soil will have the same bad
effect. Prepare the bed two weeks or so before planting, forking in a
handful of bonemeal for each square metre (yard). Ensure that the soil
is dug to a spade's depth and is of a crumbly texture.
Name: jim@GardenAction
E-mail: webmaster@gardenaction.co.uk
Date posted: December 03, 2011 - 10:26 pm
Message: Hi Robert. Read the pages on this site.
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit_veg_diary/fruit_veg_mini_project_february_1a_carrot.asp
Name: robert
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Date posted: December 03, 2011 - 06:50 am
Message: how long will the carrot take to grow, and how should i space from one another?
Name: jim@GardenAction
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Date posted: November 16, 2011 - 05:26 pm
Message: Look at pages:
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit_veg_diary/fruit_veg_mini_project_february_1a_carrot.asp
Name: julius
E-mail: jyokoboi@gmail.com
Date posted: November 16, 2011 - 05:19 am
Message: May i know how to grow carrots
Name: jim@GardenAction
E-mail: webmaster@gardenaction.co.uk
Date posted: November 08, 2011 - 10:10 pm
Message: Try http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?q=carrot+seedlings.
Name: willie green
E-mail: williegreen@embarqmail.com
Date posted: November 08, 2011 - 08:35 pm
Message: dont know how carrots look comming out of the grown. have been pulling up carrots with the grass. if anyone know how they look comming up plese email me or call 334-786-2601 cant find picture nowhere
Name: jim@GardenAction
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Date posted: November 03, 2011 - 10:22 am
Message: Look at the pages further on, some excellent advice. Try growing them somewhere else, rotation works.
Name: Trevor Wood
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Date posted: November 03, 2011 - 05:40 am
Message: Yes had a problem with carrot fly this year 0n all carrot's last year no problem with the late one's,was told about the height was about18inches have had covered in fleece still a problem.
Name: aisha
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Date posted: October 07, 2011 - 02:47 pm
Message: im really enjoying this website!!!!!!!!!
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Name: Ken
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Date posted: September 04, 2011 - 10:11 am
Message: Having been a keen gardener for a number of years you would think i would know all about carrot fly,wrong.All the books you read say carrot fly only fly about a foot above ground, well thats wrong also.Ive grown carrots in tubs two feet above ground level and still had carrot fly.The only way that ive avoided it is to sow carrots thinly ,so as to avoid thining and when they grow to about6 inches high keep them earthed up,keep the top of the carrot covered with soil.
Name: ram
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Date posted: July 29, 2011 - 11:36 pm
Message: Carrots grow well in Mauritius especially on the high plateau where the soil is more fertile.
Name: jimbob sherwood
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Date posted: June 27, 2011 - 09:03 am
Message: um... i am not sure i am growing my carrots right...
Name: Shambel Aseffa
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Date posted: November 30, 2010 - 01:57 pm
Message: Hello Sir
I am a third year under graduate student
at Dilla University and doing my research proposal on effects of bedding system on the growth and germination of carrot.
So, please would able to send me some necessary document/ information about it.
Regards
Shambel Aseffa
POBox 282
SNNPR
Dilla
Ethiopia
Name: ellen
E-mail: els.@hotmail
Date posted: November 23, 2010 - 12:00 pm
Message: these is so great thanks
is like it did my home for me
Name: jim
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Date posted: October 14, 2010 - 11:19 am
Message: i planted onion shalots this year and they and the crop did not grow any bigger than the shalots i planted ,the shoots were long and hard with a kind of flower on top
Name: Lubabalo
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Date posted: August 27, 2010 - 09:47 am
Message: I have a question, how do I keep my carrots at best when there is a great shortining of water?