Sowing Carrots
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Afternoon folks

Do people succession sow or bung them all in at once?

If it helps the variety is early nantes 2.

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Succession sow.
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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?
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Succession sowing for me too except Nantes, which I prefer to pull in the Autumn. I like Chantenay carrots for summer
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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(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!
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Carrot seeds are said to have a short life - like parsnips. Did you sow seeds that were more than a year old?
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