Topic: How to grow Giant Long Carrots.

[RSJK]

Brilliant video and site Dan  puts BBC Gardeners World to shame ;)

[shirlton]

Thanks for answering Dave. You use blood fish and bone instead of the feed mix or just the seaweed. Sorry I want to be sure of what to do ;D

[davyw1]

Thanks for answering Dave. You use blood fish and bone instead of the feed mix or just the seaweed. Sorry I want to be sure of what to do ;D

I make my mix
1 bucket of Sharp sand riddled
1 bucket of compost (i dont use peat)
2 buckets of soil riddled
all put into one pile i then throw one handfull of Superphospate on (2onz) 1handfull of Sulphate of Potash on and two handfulls of lime one handfull of Fish Blood and bone them mix it all up. You can if you wish drop som Potash into your dibble before adding your mix.

Is that better

Davy

[shirlton]

Thats lovely Davy. Thanks for doing that for me.

[shirlton]

Well I have made a list out for the foods we need .Have the sand and the compost. We are planting 3 bins up using Davys method and we are also going to try to use the same method using the core filler but in the open ground.

[davyw1]

Well I have made a list out for the foods we need .Have the sand and the compost. We are planting 3 bins up using Davys method and we are also going to try to use the same method using the core filler but in the open ground.

Shirl, Can i ask how you intend to grow your long carrots, its not a case of filling the barrels with the mix for your carrots to grow in.

Davy

[shirlton]

Well Davy. We are going to fill the bins with the sand and make the holes and fill with the mix you suggested. Then put the seeds in the middle of the filled core.
With the outside ones instead of making a trench and filling with old compost as we usually do. We are going to make some holes just as you do in the bins and fill with your mix.
I'm not very good at explaing myself sometimes so bear with me. Hope you can understand it