Carrots after onions - add chicken pellets or not?

[Hazel at the Hill]

Having lifted the onions from the 'roots' bed at the Hill at the weekend, I want to put in a few rows of late carrots.

Should I give the soil a boost by hoeing in some chicken pellets, or will this just make the carrots fork?

You kind assistance is most appreciated, grapes!

[Cutecumber]

Have you got anything less potent in terms of Nitrogen? I think I would suggest a balanced fertiliser (e.g. 5:5:5) rather than high Nitrogen.

If you only have the chicken pellets, perhaps give the bed a lower dosage than recommended.

(bear in mind that chicken manure pellets are less instantly potent than fresh manure)

[Snadger]

I personally wouldn't add anything and rely on a foliar feed pep if required!

[Flummery]

I wouldn't add anything either. But then, I'm like that!

[Sebbster]

Carrots should not require a Nitrogen boost, they will grow away quite happily after onions without any additions.

It's where I have put my late carrots also.

[moggssue]

I was going to put a late sowing of carrots and peas together - will the peas give the carrots too much nitrogen then? Or will they be ready early enough not to be affected?

[Cutecumber]

Well the theory is that the nitrogen will make the carrots put on too much foliage, but, let's be honest, as long as you get a root, who cares. To what extent it will delay or prevent root development, I don't know. It will probably depend upon how impoverished the soil is when you start.

I haven't tried growing them together myself, only carrots with spring onions. Needless to say the spring onions were s..l..o..w...

[srodders]

I haven't tried growing them together myself, only carrots with spring onions. Needless to say the spring onions were s..l..o..w...

I did that thinking the smell of the 2 would deter the relevant flies - The Spring Onions may be OK by Winter!!! The carrots are great though