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phoenix_co2

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Carrot thinning
« on: April 05, 2009, 13:40:04 »
how big should the carrot top be before I start to thin them out, still blades of grass like at the mo, do you wait until you have a fluffly top??

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Re: Carrot thinning
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2009, 14:27:05 »
Some people use the thinings as finger carrots, so perhaps leave them for a while longer.
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Re: Carrot thinning
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2009, 18:54:38 »
I wait until they are about the size of my little finger and then I thin out and use as baby carrots

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Re: Carrot thinning
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2009, 07:52:41 »
At least wait until you have three true leaves... thin too early and the SLUGS sneak in and destroy the nice well spaced seedlings...  :-X

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Re: Carrot thinning
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2009, 11:46:43 »
Carrot root fly love the smell that is generated when you thin out your carrots so its a good idea to earth them up afterwards just like your spuds.

Remember to remove the thinnings well away too.
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Re: Carrot thinning
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2009, 13:00:12 »
Growing in big tubs under fleece hopefully that will put off both the slugs and the fly, fingers crossed anyway

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Re: Carrot thinning
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2009, 13:22:12 »
Fly, certainly, slugs no chance... I had some growing in an old black plastic dustbin and the bu**ers climbed in and ate the lot...  >:(

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Re: Carrot thinning
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2009, 13:28:00 »
ooh little blighters, may call for a trip to b & q for some self adhesive copper tape to burn there little feet

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Re: Carrot thinning
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2009, 16:03:05 »
When you thin out  do it in the evenings or on an overcast day as the carrot fly are less active, I sow mine in tubs off the gound early, then sow later in the ground when the fly should have died off.   ???     ;D ;D ;D
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