Topic: arghhh whay cant I grow carrots!!

[coznbob]

Yep,

Slugs are my nemesis too when it comes to carrots, can get them germinate, but can't keep them.

Have had some sucess with growing them at home in pots, can do night time nasty checks, anything I find gets flung over the fence, but think they are making their way back home... :P.

[Magnolia]

thought it was just me.  will try sowing in tubs at home and see how I get on.  Managed tiny ones this way last year.

[landimad]

PSI,
I have mine in raised beds and they are coming along a treat.
But as stated previously the slugs have tried without success due to me putting down a combination of egg shells and soot around the edge of the bed so as they dont get through.

[Inky]

right I will have one more go, in pots and im going to try the seed tape stuff, then no thining needed and I will be able to see that they ar eplanted to the right depth etc.

[gibbonm]

I had good results this year with pre-germinated seeds.  sowed them on damp kitchen paper covered in cling film to keep them moist.  Put them in a dark place in the house and put them in the ground when a small root showed from each seed.

They all came away for a while.... then the slugs got about half of them.   So I'll do the same thing next year but get more beer traps, copper tape, blue pellets etc etc on guard around them.

[Digeroo]

Put mine on the window sill germinated nicely.  I put down organic slug killer before putting the seeds in teh ground.  Also fertized with Blood Fish and bone I do not think the slugs like that very much.  I also have been trying watering in the morning and not in the evening so the soil is dry before night fall.  I have wooden walkways round the carrots and I lift these daily (well often) and kill the slugs.  I do not like doing this but the remains disappear every night so I content myself with feeling that I am feeding something.  Hopefully it is not more slugs.

Better carrots than for a long time this year.  Last year I had an almost complete wipe out. Meanwhile at my slug free world at the allotment the carrots are growing like weeds with no effort required.

[grannyjanny]

Digeroo are you troubled with the dreaded carrot fly? It's rife on our site so we've put up some enviromesh.
Janet

[Inky]

Just thought I would share my joy. My carrots have started growing, over a month since planting them, they have all started popping up. Sure enough when I checked over at the abandoned allotment they have started growing in the bed there too from over 2 months ago! Seems they just took a while to start!

[Digeroo]

Great!!

Its nice to see something popping up.

But keep an eye out for the slugs.

[cornykev]

Carrot fly normaly get most of mine.     :'(       ;D ;D ;D

[Mr Smith]

This year before I planted any carrots I prepared the ground to a good fine tilth that had not been manured only a little top dressing, I then planted between the rows of carrots several chives and touch wood up to now I have not seen any carrot fly on the ones  I have pulled, :)

[davyw1]

This year before I planted any carrots I prepared the ground to a good fine tilth that had not been manured only a little top dressing, I then planted between the rows of carrots several chives and touch wood up to now I have not seen any carrot fly on the ones  I have pulled, :)

Its usualy the case that they turn up after you have pulled them. Hope not tho