I was thinning out my carrot seedlings today (must learn to sow more thinly!) and couldn't bear to just chuck out the babies. So I ate them and was amazed at how much they taste like, well, carrot! Which made me think, has anybody tried growing carrots as micro greens? I think I might give it a go - some compensation for the, ahem, lovely weather this year.
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Surely that would be 'micro oranges' unless you eat the tops
I've also eaten a few tiny baby carrots when thinning out and they were indeed very...carroty.Tried and Tested...but the results are inconclusive
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Carrot for Micro Greens - Johnny's Selected Seeds
I did grow some one year on wet kitchen paper, as you would cress. Very carroty taste and its a good way of using up old seeds - as long as you snip the green bits off in case the seeds have been treated with something ooh-nasty!
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