Slow Growing

[betula]

Well I had great germination and I was well pleased.I put them in ages ago and they are still so tiny.Any thoughts oh wise ones :)
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[betula]

[thifasmom]

same here with early nantes, hmph >:(

[Garjan]

Dug up my Nantes today and they were huge: 25 centimetres long and 5 centimetres thick!
:o
But then, germination was terribly poor. Got 8 carrots from 4 rows of 1.5 metres.
For me, carrots are the most problematic veg to grow.

[manicscousers]

our best are from the early march sowing, second weren't too bad(end march)..third ok but the latest sowing (july) have been attacked by slugs  :(
going to try some in the poly over winter  :)

[cheerfulness]

My Yellowstone ones are pretty slow growing, too. Although mine are in big terracotta pots not in the ground.
They do taste absolutely beautiful, tho. Thrilled as never grown carrots before and am really impressed.  :D
Mine were sown middle of March.

[saddad]

Spacing may be the key... Nantes are meant to be small... My yellowstone get massive, but as they are quite expensive (compared to Wilco's Autumn King) they get sown thinly..  :-\

[cheerfulness]

Spacing may be the key... Nantes are meant to be small... My yellowstone get massive, but as they are quite expensive (compared to Wilco's Autumn King) they get sown thinly..  :-\

Now that's something to remember for next year. I didn't do my homework on the Yellowstone ones when I was given them.
Will definitely have to add them to my list for next year.

Would anyone know of another reliable carrot that is a little unusual in colour that my 15 yr old son might enjoy growing next year?
I think he's getting the growing bug for sure and want it to last!  ;D

[saddad]

The white ones are generally easier to grow... having been developed as a fodder crop, but the seed are harder to come by.. :-\

[cheerfulness]

They sound interesting. Never heard of white carrots before but then again didn't know you could get green sausage tomatoes till early this year. Taste a bit funny, I think, although they were fun to grow.

[lushy86]

Lucky you cheerfulness, my 15 year old daughter has no interest whatsoever although she does like eating the produce  ;D

Lushy x

[cheerfulness]

Well at least she's eating them.  ;)  Even tho my son loves sowing and picking the veg he treats many like aliens on his plate. Still its amazing what he'll eat when the veg go 'undercover' in recipes. ;D 

[1066]

Its been my 1st attempt at carrots, and I think they have been slow, but haven't got any past attempts to base this on.

If you want to try a different coloured carrot, I've been growing Purple Haze. Purple on the outside, orange in the middle, and they keep their colour when cooked. And very yum  :) Will growing them again

[cheerfulness]

I've just been looking at some like that 1066 and thinking I'll add those to the list.  :)
I can't believe that there are so many unusual types - the fun begins!  ;D

[aggie]

 Yours may be small but they are very sweet when cooked.at least you don't have carrot fly lost a whole row to the dreaded fly :-X