![]() This means pulling out the weaker or smaller seedlings and leaving about 3cm between each of your carrots. Once the seedlings are 5cm high it’s time to go “Jenny Craig” and thin them out. Keep the bed damp until your carrots pop their little heads through… this should take about 2 – 3 weeks. Cover the bed with a light sprinkling of straw mulch. Water it in gently so you don’t blast them out of the ground. Press lightly on the covering mix to ensure contact with the soil and seed. Fill this trench halfway up with a soil/sand mix or a shop bought seed raising mix – it’s pretty much the same thing. Then sow your carrot seed by tapping them out of the packet along the row. Firstly make a trench about 2cm deep and as long as you like. This is what is known as “direct sowing” and here’s how to do it. ![]() Feeling SeedyĬarrots are best planted from seed rather than seedlings as they don’t transplant well. But if you want to grow a wee variety, like the round “ball” carrots or the baby carrots, topsoil depth is less important. Compost is good and, depending on the carrot varieties you going to grow, a nice deep topsoil layer is important. Carrots taste best when they are grown really quickly and good soil preparation is paramount here. Maybe even consider putting in a raised garden bed! Talking DirtyĬarrots need good drainage and loads of gardeners will add sand to their clay or heavy loam soils to improve drainage. So much so that you will want to film them for Australia’s Funniest Home Videos! Manually pick through your bed before planting, remove obstacles and treat really heavy soils with a mixture of sand and compost. Rocks, stones and really heavy soil will slow down growth and deform your carrots. My dad always said I was hopping mad! Planting ScheduleĬool to Cold Areas: August to February Position, Position, PositionĪs we are dealing with a root vegetable here it’s going to be necessary to get your hands dirty. This state of affairs pleases my neighbours no end as I plant a plethora of these pointy orange babies every year… and then I give them all away!. I love growing them but I just don’t like eating them. I’ve got a confession to make… I don’t really like carrots.
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