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  • Carrots query

    Hi
    I sows some baby carrot seed into a shallow pot almost a month ago, they've been in the greenhouse as its been so cold but as yet nothing has germinated.
    Should I..

    Wait longer

    Sow some more into pot and cover with compost and see what happens

    Empty all out and start again




    Also,
    In my Autumn madness I sowed some into a trough which did nothing, although now have green sprouts but I couldn't say there's any carrots.
    If I pull them up can I re sow into that compost?

    Thanks.
    Last edited by Containergardener; 02-05-2016, 08:46 AM.
    Northern England.

  • #2
    In my experience carrot seeds (and others from the same family such as parsley and parsnips) take ages to germinate. I would leave them a bit longer.

    Carrots don't transplant well. If you do decide to start again I wouldn't use a shallow pot. Use something deep enough to accommodate the long roots - about a foot deep is ideal.

    If your overwintered carrots are not big enough to eat now they are unlikely to fatten up much more. They will probably simply produce flower spikes as carrots are biennials which flower in the 2nd year. I would chuck them and preferably change the compost if you are going to sow carrots in that pot again.
    A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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    • #3
      Thank you.
      Northern England.

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      • #4
        Hi CG!
        My first sowing of carrot seed(into deep tubs) took an absolute age to germinate!!! I have done 3 lots so far, and eventually, they've all started to come through - the tops even look carrotty!!!
        (Btw they are also in unheated GH)
        ~~~ Gardening is medicine that does not need
        a prescription ... And with no limit on dosage.
        - Author Unknown ~~~

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        • #5
          Have emptied old trough, what a harvest, look forward to these tonight
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          Northern England.

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          • #6
            I used to think I couldn't grow carrots but in fact what used to happen was I gave up on them before they germinated. Patience is definitely a virtue where carrots are concerned.

            Out of interest, how often do you water them?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Containergardener View Post
              Have emptied old trough, what a harvest, look forward to these tonight
              Careful you don't gorge out on those little beauties, CG!!

              Think they would've filled out if you'd kept up with watering them and left them a bit longer!!!
              ~~~ Gardening is medicine that does not need
              a prescription ... And with no limit on dosage.
              - Author Unknown ~~~

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Snoop Puss View Post
                I used to think I couldn't grow carrots but in fact what used to happen was I gave up on them before they germinated. Patience is definitely a virtue where carrots are concerned.

                Out of interest, how often do you water them?
                Carrot seedlings don't like to be dry so water frequently, depending on whether they are indoors or out. I put my tubs in drip trays during the summer to conserve water.
                A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by SusieG View Post
                  Careful you don't gorge out on those little beauties, CG!!

                  Think they would've filled out if you'd kept up with watering them and left them a bit longer!!!
                  They've been through soggy old winter , rain, snow , hail since September . May have needed another yr or two
                  Northern England.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Containergardener View Post
                    They've been through soggy old winter , rain, snow , hail since September . May have needed another yr or two
                    ....... Or 3 ........
                    ~~~ Gardening is medicine that does not need
                    a prescription ... And with no limit on dosage.
                    - Author Unknown ~~~

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Containergardener View Post
                      They've been through soggy old winter , rain, snow , hail since September . May have needed another yr or two
                      Probably just shrug their shoulders, put their feet up and say "stuff this, let the kids deal with it" and go to seed.
                      A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Containergardener View Post
                        Have emptied old trough, what a harvest, look forward to these tonight
                        Don't eat them all at once!
                        Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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