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    long carrots

    I would like to try growing some long carrots this year.

    Google only reveals new red intermediate as a good contender, but these seeds seem hard to come buy (unless I pay silly money).

    Obviously I want to sow these straight away!!!

    Can anybody please recommend an alternate variety that is EASY to acquire?

    Thank you
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    Try growing st Valery seeds
    When you have a hammer in your hand everything around you starts looking like a nail.

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    • #3
      Isn't Sweet Candle the one that is grown for show and they get a good length?
      I was going to try some but decided against the effort.
      You can get Sweet Candle at Moreveg at £1:25 for 150 seeds, althiough there is postage on that of about the same cost.

      Is the idea to grow in drain pipes with a compost+sand mixture, or are you thinking of a deep barrel?
      My reason for not bothering was getting 6 to 8 decent lengths of drain pipe at not too great a cost.
      MV have a fair few carrots on thier site but I have little idea of which are long, cannot see Red Intermediate, there is one called Vita Longa - guessing Longa is the long aspect.

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      • #4
        I grew sweet candle last year actually, and I achieved carrots around 10 inches long, but I want bigger ones!!!

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          Originally posted by chilli_grower View Post
          I grew sweet candle last year actually, and I achieved carrots around 10 inches long, but I want bigger ones!!!
          don't we all....

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