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Sowing Carrots - Broadway - 03-04-2022
Afternoon folks
Do people succession sow or bung them all in at once?
If it helps the variety is early nantes 2.
TIA
RE: Sowing Carrots - Veggie - 03-04-2022
Succession sow.
RE: Sowing Carrots - Broadway - 03-04-2022
Ok my thought process was/is I'll sow half the upside down planter tomorrow then the other half in say a month or 2? I've only ever thrown a few carrots in a pot before so this is a new approach for me. I'm assuming they are ok to be left in the ground and picked as and when required like parsnips?
RE: Sowing Carrots - Admin - 03-04-2022
Succession sowing for me too except Nantes, which I prefer to pull in the Autumn. I like Chantenay carrots for summer
RE: Sowing Carrots - SarrissUK - 03-04-2022
In theory I succession sow Chantenay carrots, but usually that's too far and few between. They're so lovely, so once I get a taste for them, I pull them whatever size lol
I have never had much luck with the bigger carrots, but I will give it a go. I don't intend to succession sow them.
RE: Sowing Carrots - Can the Man - 03-04-2022
I tend to succession sow Nantes in 3 different raised beds it means I have carrots all year round growing them in the tunnel I don’t let them get to big. I like them thin, so does my granddaughter she always goes looking for carrots raw when she visits.
RE: Sowing Carrots - Broadway - 04-04-2022
Thanks for your responses folks.
I do have some Chantenay as well so have decided to use 1/2 the bed of Nantes and 1/2 Chantenay.
Will succession sow the Chantenay.
RE: Sowing Carrots - JJB - 18-05-2023
My carrots failed to show. I sow in damp rows about 1cm deep and keep the rows damp. I can't figure what I'm doing wrong. Any tips?
RE: Sowing Carrots - Broadway - 18-05-2023
(18-05-2023, 08:58 AM)JJB Wrote: My carrots failed to show. I sow in damp rows about 1cm deep and keep the rows damp. I can't figure what I'm doing wrong. Any tips?My bed failed so I ended up sowing again in 30ltr pots, all showing but took a long while!
RE: Sowing Carrots - Veggie - 18-05-2023
Carrot seeds are said to have a short life - like parsnips. Did you sow seeds that were more than a year old?