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- Q.How Often Do I Have To Water My Container Grown Carrots? - I'm 16, and this is my first time ever to do gardening. And for that, I tried pot grown carrots. ...
- Q.What Could Be Eating New Carrot Sprouts? - Each day more are gone. I thought mites, so sprayed with dish soap and water and the next day all ...
- Q.Carrots - On my allotment we are getting our carrots and sweet corn eaten. We think it is squirrels. They chop of ...
- Q.Malformed Carrots - I sowed carrots directly in a well manured and well dug garden. I thinned out the seedlings, re-planting the thinned-out ...
- Q.What Causes Carrots To Split - What causes carrots to slit wide open full length?
- Q.Curly Carrots - My carrots are in wooden beds but they are growing sideways? Can you help?
- Q.I Have Too Much Growth - This year all I had was 11-21-17 fertilizer or at least close to that fertilizer. I also put it in ...
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juztineongtangco on
June 15, 2015
Bulacan, PhilippinesQ.How often do I have to water my container grown carrots?
I'm 16, and this is my first time ever to do gardening. And for that, I tried pot grown carrots. I had my seeds sown today and I'm not sure how often I should be watering it, and if I should feed it anything. Thanks in advance.
- Answered by
Downtoearthdigs on
June 15, 2015A.Here is an excellent article.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/carrot/container-grown-carrots.htm
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- Asked by
dfeltmate on
June 23, 2015
Nova Scotia 5bQ.What could be eating new carrot sprouts?
Each day more are gone. I thought mites, so sprayed with dish soap and water and the next day all sprouts were gone. Now noticing cucumber and pea sprouts are disappearing. Doesn't appear to be slugs. I tilled the row last evening looking for predators but didn't find anything suspicious. Any suggestions and advice would be greatly appreciated!
- Answered by
Downtoearthdigs on
June 23, 2015A.Rabbits will nibble down entire rows of tender vegetable sprouts.
Slugs would not be effected by insecticidal soap, so you may have a slug issue.
Here are a couple of great links.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/kill-garden-slugs.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/animals/keep-rabbits-out-of-gardens.htm
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Anonymous on
July 7, 2015Q.Carrots
On my allotment we are getting our carrots and sweet corn eaten. We think it is squirrels. They chop of the tops and leave them there. So as my carrots are big, I would like to store them. Should I chop the tops of and leave them in the ground or could I put them in compost?
- Answered by
Downtoearthdigs on
July 7, 2015A.Here are some links for storing carrots.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/carrot/overwintering-carrots.htm
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Anonymous on
July 26, 2015Q.malformed carrots
I sowed carrots directly in a well manured and well dug garden. I thinned out the seedlings, re-planting the thinned-out seedlings in more space. The weather has been very rainy. My carrots are stumpy and ball-shaped rather than elongated, and the stumps have grown fingers, as though they were trying to go further into the soil. Why is only the odd carrot "carrot-shaped"? Many thanks.
- Answered by
Lisa Syfers on
July 26, 2015A.I've had the same problem growing carrots and always thought it was from poor soil composition: too much clay, too compact. This year I tried again but added a lot of compost to my garden prior to planting and it has helped. My carrots are longer and less deformed. I don't know if the compost also took care of a nutrient problem or if it was simply a matter of loosening up the soil. I know it's not much, but I hope this answer helps a little.
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Anonymous on
August 3, 2015Q.What causes carrots to split
What causes carrots to slit wide open full length?
Answered by
shelley on
August 4, 2015
Certified ExpertA.Here is an article that will help you that discusses why carrots split:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/carrot/preventing-cracking-carrots.htm
Happy gardening!
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penny.dickman on
August 4, 2015
South East in UKQ.Curly carrots
My carrots are in wooden beds but they are growing sideways? Can you help?
- Answered by
shelley on
August 4, 2015
Certified ExpertA.There are a few reasons your carrots may be growing sideways. How deep is your wooden bed? If the container is not sufficiently deep, the carrots will turn about and grow sideways. Secondly, what is the soil like? If the carrots encounter packed soil and find the going tough, they will take the path of least resistance and grow sideways. For more information on growing carrots, please visit:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/carrot/how-to-grow-carrots.htm
Happy gardening!
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Anonymous on
August 11, 2015Q.I have too much growth
This year all I had was 11-21-17 fertilizer or at least close to that fertilizer. I also put it in at the first of season which maybe I should have waited. My carrot tops are between 1.5 and 2 feet high, beans are so bushy that they only started producing beans 1.5 weeks ago. Turnips have all gone to seed pods; I will not get a single turnip other than seed. This must be because of the ratio, also because for veg food last year I also went heavy phos and potassium. Can you recommend if I should even bother to fertilize next year or go with 10-10-10 or something of that nature. The ratio of phosphorus and potassium to nitrogen for 2 years seems rather high does it not. The food was 5-17-32 I believe. Anyhow, please give a tip for next season if you would.
- Answered by
Downtoearthdigs on
August 12, 2015A.A balanced fertilizer is a good general fertilizer.
Here are some links for you.https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/vgen/fertilizer-options-for-your-vegetable-garden.htm
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