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below is the mix I use to grow carrots for exhibition. Others use different mixes but mine works for me.
You don't need to exhibit what you grow.
I punch a hole 18" deep in a raised bed(my soil is not that deep) with a pinch bar and make the hole about 3" in diameter. Holes about 6" apart. To fill, cut a 3" diameter hole in a sheet of polythene/cardboard/builders damp proof membrane/whatever and place over the hole. Place compost on sheet and push compost into the hole and firm with a piece of wood.
sow 3 - 4 seeds per station and thin to one later.
Important. Cover with fleece or environmesh from square 1.If you want to grow a really good quality carrot, buy sweet candle seed. T&M stock it. Beautiful carrot in terms of taste.
2 buckets peat
1 bucket sand
3 ozs Superphosphate
3 ozs Sulphate of potash
2 ozs calcified seaweed
2 ozs epsom salts or kersarite
2 ozs lime
below is the mix I use to grow carrots for exhibition. Others use different mixes but mine works for me.
You don't need to exhibit what you grow.
I punch a hole 18" deep in a raised bed(my soil is not that deep) with a pinch bar and make the hole about 3" in diameter. Holes about 6" apart. To fill, cut a 3" diameter hole in a sheet of polythene/cardboard/builders damp proof membrane/whatever and place over the hole. Place compost on sheet and push compost into the hole and firm with a piece of wood.
sow 3 - 4 seeds per station and thin to one later.
Important. Cover with fleece or environmesh from square 1.If you want to grow a really good quality carrot, buy sweet candle seed. T&M stock it. Beautiful carrot in terms of taste.
2 buckets peat
1 bucket sand
3 ozs Superphosphate
3 ozs Sulphate of potash
2 ozs calcified seaweed
2 ozs epsom salts or kersarite
2 ozs lime
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