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I know that you shouldn't eat potatoes if they turn green, but, I was wondering.....does the same apply to carrots? Where the shoulders of mine are out of the ground, they're green, I remove this anyway, but was just curious. Thanks
Lottie  ;D

Interesting question, I have always considered them edible, but that is a risky assumption, so like you, I would prefer to know for sure, particularly considering I have probably harvested 100kg of carrots this year ...

Derekthefox :D

Phew! OK, glad it's not just me!!

I think they're fine  :)

Yes, Wardy, but you "think" !!!! You'll feel awful if we all go down with green-shoulder carrot lurgie........ :o :o :o ;)

  At worst.....dose of the scoots !!!!! :o :o :o ::) ::) ;D ;D

What took you so long, Jags???? Think you're slipping..... ;) ;D

Good news Lottie!

Store carrots with the green tops trimmed. Although the tops are edible, during storage this greenery robs the carrot of moisture and nutritional value.

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/veggies/carrot1.html

Hope this makes you feel better, it does for me  :D

Derekthefox :D

But Derek does that mean the leafy bit or the discoloured should-be-orange-bit ?

See!! Is very worrying now...sigh....will have to shave off all green bits, could take days.... ::) ::) ::)

Well spotted Baggy, I could have killed myself, so could Lottie, then sued Google ...

complete change of stance now ...

Green Carrots you will need to hill up around your carrots with soil, if they are protruding out of the ground as they will eventually go green, green carrots will make you sick as with green potatoes.

http://www.organicdownunder.com/growing_roots_crops.htm

At least this is the safest option, and one which I practice anyway ...

You still alive lottie ... ?

Derekthefox :D

errghfyyas!! Yup!  ;D

Quote from: undercarriage plan on October 27, 2005, 21:03:50
errghfyyas!!

Would you have a translation for this ?

or do I call a paramedic ... with suspected carrot poisoning ...

Derekthefox :D

another carrot question - is it best to add compost and manure to the bed before you sow (not right before but the autum before)? I've just dug the beds on the lottie but one of the other lottie people said never put fertilizer/manure or compost where you're planting your root vegetables as this will result in short/stubby roots, better to force them to find nuttients further down the soil - this made sense to me but then read in my seed catalogue that they should be planted in manured ground!

any ideas/experience anyone?

Well I keep blethering on about how I get decent proper carrot-shaped carrots by sowing them in deep channels of bought-in compost.  I wouldn't risk manure though.  From my perspective, there's enough forking thanks to the stones without adding more!

moonbells

I was thinking of planting mine in very well rotted leaf mould due to its lack of nutrients - that is if I still have any left after I have used it for all the other uses I have for it.

Dirtyfingernails, I would be inclined to use ground that has at least one, preferably two seasons since manuring. This should ensure that the ground is pretty stable regarding nutrients.

RC, I have never thought of using leaf mould, will you mix some soil in so that the nutrient balance is about right?

Derekthefox :D

I was just going to dig a trench and fill in with the stuff (I have stone problems) but I might now sieve a bit of the soil and mix it up so there is less of a 'join' between the two.

That sounds excellent RC, it is a shame it will take almost a year to know the results ...

Derekthefox :D

Quote from: redclanger on October 28, 2005, 13:00:11
I was just going to dig a trench and fill in with the stuff (I have stone problems) but I might now sieve a bit of the soil and mix it up so there is less of a 'join' between the two.

If you don't do something to temper the acidity of the leaf mould you may find that you inadvertantly suppress germination rates of the carrots. Additionally, with carrot seed being so small, a relatively broad swath of leaf mould (which is almost completely carbon, not a nutrient) may also prevent the root initial reaching nutrients before the reserves in the seed are exhausted. Mixing in soil will almost definitely help overcome these problems.