I can't grow Carrots.

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I sowed some early ones in March, I have only a few but they are growing nicely, we don't seem to be bothered by carrot fly here?
Then I sowed a late batch about a month ago and they are a different kettle of fish! They have almost all germinated, and the tops are now about 10cm high! They are an autumn variety, a Colmar (reddish orange), maybe that is the secret. The earlies were Amsterdam and Nantaise but I dunno, they don't seem to work much for me.
I sowed the latest ones in the old broad bean patch, well worked over and raked, sowed them with sand mixed with radish seeds so now they are quite well thinned as I harvested the radishes. And watered them well the first 10 days.

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