Topic: Daft carrot question.. .sorry!

[Derekthefox]

Thanks John, you have explained my suspicions in quite a good technical manner ...  :)

Derekthefox :D

[daveandtara]

while on the subject of daft carrot questions..............
 anyone care to guess why my carrots are still only one inch long?
i planted them at the end of june. they taste lovely but they are so small, no thicker than a pencil.
also, can i leave them in the ground til xmas or should i bring them home and freeze them?
pathetic as they are they'll look cute with the sprouts and i'm desperate to something homegrown for christmas dinner!
Tara xx

[Palustris]

Interesting link this I thought.
http://www.vegparadise.com/highestperch412.html

[Derekthefox]

Interesting? I found it thoroughly absorbing !

Thank you Eric !

Derekthefox :D

[HO]

I wish my carrots this year were as thick as a pencil! I just cannot grow the things consistently. And in the years the crop is good those rotten, stinking, foul,  little black slugs get there first, usually. If I get to heaven I,m going to have a word with the Boss about them.

[tim]

OK, Eric - it's 2 carrots a day for me in future!! Better than statins?

[moonbells]

If it helps any, here's a piccy of the grown-in-compost Autumn King carrots I pulled on Sunday (as well as the Sarpo spuds). Never had such whoppers!

The bucket is a normal 99p job from the local DIY store, so you can get some idea of scale.  I do grow them under enviromesh so the only problem is slugs.

moonbells

[Derekthefox]

Lovely ! ! !

Derekthefox :D

[moonbells]

Lovely ! ! !

Derekthefox :D

not quite up to your carrot's size  ;)  ;)  ;)

moonbells

ps if anyone doesn't understand *that* reference, see
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/yabbse/index.php/topic,13747.msg132009.html#msg132009

 ;D ;D

[Derekthefox]

If they don't understand that reference, Moonbells, perhaps they are on the wrong website  ;D ;D ;D

Derekthefox :D