Autumn king carrots sowing now? and spinach?

[antipodes]

Hi all,
I have a packet of Autumn King carrots, should I sow them now? Or even have I left it too late?

Also I have some winter spinach, when should I sow that? I am guessing that now is too soon.

[antipodes]

[SMP1704]

Yes to the carrots but hold off the spinach until September.

Happy sowing :D

[chriscross1966]

I'm about to put some later carrots in.... the idea is to miss the fly that's active around now (by the time they germinate the fly won't be active...

chrisc

[antipodes]

We don't seem to have carrot fly problems, but I do have terrible trouble with carrots in general. I got good germination from the earlies but since there has been no rain for 2 months. i think the hand watering is pretty insufficient for them so I am not expecting to actually get any carrots.

I have not grown Autumn King before, they look tempting on the packet!

[Trevor_D]

I hope it's not too late! The early sowings are coming along nicely, but I haven't even got round to digging the bed where the main-crop are going!! I've been too busy watering.

Hopefully, they'll go in some time in the next week (or so....).

[green lily]

I think its fine to sow carrots now to dodge the fly. Mine have only been in a fortnight and well covered with net. They germinated properly after the rain but I puddled the rows well when I sowed. Drought is a problem but after a few weeks their roots will go down. Autumn king can be left in to swell and grow with the autumn winter rains.
BTW remember there's another flush of fly in Sept. How do you think I know? ::)

[RenishawPhil]

That's good as want to sow more carrotss tomoz