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  • Answered by
    roedl on
    December 29, 2010
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    You can get the seeds from your carrot after it seeds out. If it is a hybrid then you really don't know what you will get.
    For fun you can cut the top off a carrot, place it in a small bowl lined with pebbles add water to just cover the pebbles. The top will sprout greenery and roots, however it will take a long time to grow a carrot from this. Best is to start from seeds.

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  • Answered by
    Heather on
    January 5, 2011
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    Root vegetables, like carrots and parsnips, grow best in loamy/sandy soil that is loose. The reason for most deformed root vegetables is that the soil is hard to grow through and they compact or misshape as they grow as a result.

    Amend your soil with plenty of organic material and, as long as it is not clay soil, some sand. This will help your carrots grow long and straight and your parsnips round and full.

    Also, with any root vegetable, bone meal added to the soil will help with production. Bone meal adds phosphorous, which helps roots (and therefore root vegetables) grow better.

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    Nikki on
    February 21, 2011
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    While some kinds of plants do need light to germinate, carrots are not among them. They will germinate fine with or without light.

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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    March 17, 2011
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    Yes, you can eat them. This is actually an old fashioned way to keep carrots for the winter.

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    Nikki on
    March 20, 2011
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    It really depends on the plant. If you are eating roots or fruit, phosphorus will help, and if you are eating leaves, nitrogen will help. Potassium is also important for large growth, though scientists are not sure why. As always, make sure you have tested your soil to see what might be missing.

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    Heather on
    April 10, 2011
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    I am afraid I do not have information on crop yields for these plants, but you may find these articles interesting in regards of tips:
    http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-9.html
    https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/smallacreage/crops-guides/vegtables/onions/

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    Heather on
    April 22, 2011
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    You can try, but normally carrots do not transplant well. They germinate so quickly though, that if I were you, I would just plant new seeds.

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