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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2011 19:52:31 GMT
I am hoping to grow better carrots in pots this year in pots.
They were very tasty although small.
Does anyone else grow their own carrots?
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Post by floydie on Jan 23, 2011 22:46:25 GMT
I think i may give it a go (im thinking of using pots for alot of veg). Any tips (as youve grown them before would be great :-)). Sorry to hijack your thread.
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Post by steve on Jan 23, 2011 23:48:13 GMT
Went out for our dinner today and the carrots on it were sort of baby carrots but still had the crown of the tops left on (just the leaves cut off) and the tails or long root was left on..is this how they serve them now?
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Post by steve on Jan 23, 2011 23:49:08 GMT
I am hoping to grow better carrots in pots this year in pots. They were very tasty although small. Does anyone else grow their own carrots? I grow in the allotment Scotkat but the best for pots are the stump rooted types
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Post by grindle on Jan 24, 2011 6:55:01 GMT
Went out for our dinner today and the carrots on it were sort of baby carrots but still had the crown of the tops left on (just the leaves cut off) and the tails or long root was left on..is this how they serve them now? never seen that before, but then I don't eat out very often ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2011 11:37:00 GMT
Sorry to show my ignorance Steve what is stump root carrots.
I have only seen bunches of carrots to buy like that but not served on plates .
Looked nice though:)
Floydie no I dont mind you hikacking thread the more the merrier.
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Post by floydie on Jan 24, 2011 11:50:42 GMT
Stumpys :-) andy (i think thats what he is called ) grew them on the gardeners world special. a thick long carrot with a stumpy bottom :-).
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Post by steve on Jan 24, 2011 12:39:05 GMT
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Post by floydie on Jan 24, 2011 12:57:51 GMT
Oooo they are bite sized. I was thinking the very long well rounded ones, the ones you linked to look perfect for growing in small tubs may have to look for some of those ;D.
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Post by floydie on Jan 24, 2011 13:02:45 GMT
Got some
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Post by Rosie on Jan 24, 2011 13:16:42 GMT
Remember to protect your carrots against carrot root fly though, they don't fly higher tan 2ft so either cover with fleece or have some kind of barrier around them. I love home grown carrots, the best i grew were purple one's
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Post by floydie on Jan 24, 2011 14:31:17 GMT
Could i cover them with a large plastic bottle or would it get too humid? I dont have a coldframe or green house yet so im doing this with my already sown seeds for the time being (being sweetpea and boston ivy).
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Post by Rosie on Jan 24, 2011 16:22:03 GMT
You wouldn't get many in a plastic bottle floydie, personally i think fleece is best as you could tuck it in around the container they are sown in and it's great bug and weather protection.
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Post by floydie on Jan 24, 2011 17:15:25 GMT
I was thinking the very large bottles of dilute orange you can get, but thinking about it too much moistre will make the carrots split. so better to be safe and use the fleece .
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Post by mike on Jan 25, 2011 19:45:07 GMT
I'm going to try Unwins 'Atlas', a round carrot in a newly constructed raised bed that sits on my greenhouse staging.
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