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Title: Rotating carrots
Post by: lincsyokel2 on March 12, 2011, 11:03:08
Well i had spectacular success growing carrots in a glass fibre bath filled with multipurpose. And believe me, it takes a LOT of multipurpose compost to fill a bath. Loads of carrots, big , chunky and no diseases or pests.

So the question is, how much of the compost do i have to get rid of to replant the bath with more carrots ? OR could i switch to a second bath and grow something else in the first bath, then alternate every year.

What goes well in compost carrots have been in ?

Title: Re: Rotating carrots
Post by: saddad on March 12, 2011, 11:07:12
Unless you have any evidence of carrot fly keep growing them in the bath... they like poorish soil...  :)
Title: Re: Rotating carrots
Post by: lincsyokel2 on March 12, 2011, 11:09:20
Quote from: saddad on March 12, 2011, 11:07:12
Unless you have any evidence of carrot fly keep growing them in the bath... they like poorish soil...  :)

It was spectacularly successful, i made a tent top out of debris netting. Nothing got to the carrots. I might scrape off the top nine inces and renew that with plain multipurpose and no added ferts, if they like rubbish to grow in :D
Title: Re: Rotating carrots
Post by: saddad on March 12, 2011, 13:15:25
They will grow in virtually pure sand...  :)
Title: Re: Rotating carrots
Post by: lincsyokel2 on March 12, 2011, 13:38:04
Quote from: saddad on March 12, 2011, 13:15:25
They will grow in virtually pure sand...  :)


so will kids :D
Title: Re: Rotating carrots
Post by: Mr Smith on March 14, 2011, 19:48:12
I'm going to grow my carrots in the part of the lotty I did two years ago because the ground there is very light I hope this is not to early to grow there again,  :)