Author Topic: Spring Carrots in October (Read 3938 times)

Digeroo · « **on:** October 10, 2009, 16:56:11 »

Sowed some carrots last couple of days of July and started eating some of the thinnings today. They were about the size of my little finger.

Gorgeous - the taste of spring in the Autumn.

plainleaf2 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 10, 2009, 18:00:00 »

and we would be interested in this because

Sinbad7 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 10, 2009, 18:15:10 »

It might encourage people to sow carrot seeds next July and have the taste of spring in autumn.

Simple really ;D ;D

Digeroo · « **Reply #3 on:** October 10, 2009, 18:24:29 »

My post was also by way of a thank you to those who had encouraged me to sow a late crop of carrots. On this forum we like to post successes and share other people's successes and problems.

manicscousers · « **Reply #4 on:** October 10, 2009, 18:26:23 »

ours are just about ready to eat the thinnings,digeroo..the ones the slugs ain't eaten,anyway

elvis2003 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 10, 2009, 18:28:35 »

Quote from: plainleaf2 on October 10, 2009, 18:00:00

and we would be interested in this because
that was a tad rude dontya think????
thats very interesting digeroo,can you remind us all to do the same next july please? ;)

Flighty · « **Reply #6 on:** October 10, 2009, 18:46:22 »

Elvis don't be surprised as Plainleaf2 is TheGreatGardener who I'm sure that you're well aware of from the past!

tonybloke · « **Reply #7 on:** October 10, 2009, 19:02:28 »

it must be the onset of winter, as the tw*t is back!!

ceres · « **Reply #8 on:** October 10, 2009, 19:04:23 »

Quote from: Digeroo on October 10, 2009, 16:56:11

Gorgeous - the taste of spring in the Autumn.

It's great getting a taste of something out of season, isn't it? Note to self: get late carrots in the diary for next year.

hippydave · « **Reply #9 on:** October 10, 2009, 19:06:43 »

what an obnoxious comment to make just because someone is enjoying the fruits of their labour and wants to share their enjoyment with the rest of us

grannyjanny · « **Reply #10 on:** October 10, 2009, 19:13:25 »

Thought we had a lurker in our midst.

Digeroo · « **Reply #11 on:** October 10, 2009, 19:18:41 »

Many thanks for your support folks. I think it is best to ignore such remarks. I think someone is a bit bored.

Many people on our site dug up their early potatoes and left the space empty and I am so delighted to have squeezed in an extra crop.

tonybloke · « **Reply #12 on:** October 10, 2009, 20:14:09 »

well done digeroo, catch-crop is the term for using a quick maturing crop after an early crop. well worth it, eh? ;)

Eristic · « **Reply #13 on:** October 10, 2009, 21:42:51 »

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Plainleaf2 is TheGreatGardener

Haven't you heard the news? Everyone in Sheistertown lost all their tomato's to blight and now the younger generation from that neighbourhood is jealous of the huge barrowloads of tomatoes being harvested over here. Even a humble carrot shows the sad chap his own inadequacies.

elvis2003 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 10, 2009, 21:45:04 »

Quote from: Eristic on October 10, 2009, 21:42:51

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Plainleaf2 is TheGreatGardener

Haven't you heard the news? Everyone in Sheistertown lost all their tomato's to blight and now the younger generation from that neighbourhood is jealous of the huge barrowloads of tomatoes being harvested over here. Even a humble carrot shows the sad chap his own inadequacies.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Rhubarb Thrasher · « **Reply #15 on:** October 10, 2009, 22:04:59 »

did I just hear the first cuckoo of Winter?

we also have carrots just ready. Very nice too. Though a little small

small · « **Reply #16 on:** October 10, 2009, 23:25:59 »

Dragging this thread back to carrots (the rest is incomprehensible, I've only been here a few months), my late sown row barely germinated - I've got three baby carrots from a ten-foot row. Salad crops sown the same day all grew fine - is there a pest that would have taken the carrots? The row was netted against pigeons.

Digeroo · « **Reply #17 on:** October 10, 2009, 23:49:49 »

Slugs love a nice juicy carrot seedling, I get hardly any carrots left in my garden. Luckily still very few slugs on the allotment.

Grannyjanny gave me a great tip putting slug pellets in a plastic box with a small hole in it. Slugs crawl in and then die and don't come out again, so the pellets do not get on the soil and hedgehogs etc do not eat the poisoned slugs or pellets.

My daughter bought me a Starbucks iced coffee and the empty container proved great for this job. But a yogurt pot with a lid works just as well.

Bit of a grotty job cleaning out the pot :'( :'(

elvis2003 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 10, 2009, 23:56:22 »

what a brilliant tip digeroo,thanks for sharing that one.funny it seems so obvious now,yet id never thought of it!

hippydave · « **Reply #19 on:** October 11, 2009, 00:23:17 »

try using a margarine tub with a hole cut out at either end and turned upside down filled with slug pellets i find that works well

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