Spring Carrots in October

[Digeroo]

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.

[Digeroo]

[plainleaf2]

and we would be interested in this because

[Sinbad7]

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

Simple really  ;D  ;D

[Digeroo]

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]

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

[elvis2003]

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]

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

[tonybloke]

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

[ceres]

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]

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]

Thought we had a lurker in our midst.

[Digeroo]

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]

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

[Eristic]

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]

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]

did I just hear the first cuckoo of Winter?

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

[small]

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]

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]

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

[hippydave]

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