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To: ApplegateRanch

Well, it all sounds good. I didn’t get a single carrot to germinate. I am going to try growing some in a pot, so I can roll them into the shade or bring them in if the temps get back to really hot.

This fall, I will plant some in the winter garden along with the winter lettuce. So far, the only time I have been able to grow a decent crop of carrots is the fall through winter planting. Spring time crop always fizzles.


54 posted on 07/26/2013 4:28:36 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: greeneyes

I know you used raised beds, but for spring carrots try raising a row 10-12” wide, and a few inches high & flat across the top.

Just lightly roughen up the surface, barely touching it with the tines of a garden rake; then use a salt shaker to sprinkle the seeds and lightly smoothen the surface with your hand; then cover with a thin (1/8” or less) layer of grass clippings. Keep damp.

The seeds should be deep enough just by falling into the spaces between the soil particles then being covered by the grass.


58 posted on 07/26/2013 5:12:20 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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