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I have grown better carrots this year than I have ever managed before but some of them are really 'hairy'. Lots of tiny fibrous roots, they are not forked though and the bed wasn't manures or anything. They aren't a problem to prepare, just takes a little longer to nip them off but I wondered if anyone knew whar caused it. Several different varieties too.
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Wouldn't know for sure, but what about the hot spell? Perhaps an attempt at getting more water in to swell the roots? Were the tap roots long? -
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I grow carrots for winter use and leave them in the ground using them as required. When it gets to about May though the roots start to get hairy as they start into regrowth for the current year.
Not relevant I know but its my only dealings with hairy roots.My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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When you harvest them, you may find they're easier to lift if you give them a push down, before pulling them up. Apparently this breaks off the hairy roots, so it might save you some preparation time too.
Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
While better men than we go out and start their working lives
At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard KiplingComment
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That's my only dealings tooOriginally posted by Snadger View Post
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
Which one are you and is it how you want to be?Comment
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My first attempt this year at carrots so I will let you know if I get Ross kemp or bob Marley carrots...My year log of growthhttp://http://backgardenfarm.blogspot.com/
up dated blog 27th june ..pls read if u have the time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e0YjOHl2zIComment
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Good long tap roots, I'll try the push/pull method. These are 'thinings' as I am trying to grow some good sized ones to show at the autumn show. They may not last that long
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According to the Carrot Museum, it's excess nitrogen that causes the hairynessAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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I just LOVE that there is a Carrot Museum Excess nitrogen is interesting as I have not fed them at all and only added some home made compost when I originally dug the bed last year. Still, they are not too hairy and not forked at all so I won't worry about it too much. Thanks for all your comments.
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home made compost does tend to be high in nitrogen - it's made mostly from leaves and foliageOriginally posted by Suky View Post
All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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If you like the Carrot Museum, then you'd love a little town in the centre of New Zealand's North Island - Ohakune. Known as the 'Carrot Capital of New Zealand' it has a fabulous monument to this at the edge of the town...Originally posted by Suky View PostI just LOVE that there is a Carrot Museum
come visit a garden
or read about mine www.suburbanvegplot.blogspot.com/Comment
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