How to grow Carrots from seed
Tips, Tricks
Carrots are best grown in sandy, well prepared soil which has been previously manured at least 6 months before you decide to sow your seeds (don't worry if you have not manuared your patch before you sow, just make sure you add some good organic compost and fertilizer). However if your soil is heavy clay, stony and doesn't drain well, then you should only plant main crop short rooted varieties of carrots. Carrots take between 12 and 16 weeks to mature to full size but you can use the thinnings or pull them earlier and use a baby carrots. To grow carrots successfully, and in fact any root vegetables it is really important that you prepare the soil well by digging it over and removing any stones that might get in the way. Also if the soil is 'clayey' then it would be a good idea to add some sand, organic compost and maybe some perlite to help lighten the soil and also for drainage etc. The soil needs to be crumbly and in no way compacted. One week before sowing your seeds, rake in a good organic fertilizer. Carrot seeds are tiny and it is a good idea to sow them as thinly as possible. This reduces the amount of thinning necessary and potential risk from pests such as the carrot fly. If you are having trouble sowing and think that you are, maybe sowing too thickly then try adding some sand to the seeds before sprinkling them into ground. Sow the carrot seeds about 1/2 " deep and about 4" - 6" apart depending on the variety you are growing then cover them over lightly. Once the seeds have germinated which may take a good week or so, depending on when you sowed them wait till they are large enough before thinning out. I always wait till they are big enough to use the thinnings. Stayed tuned for an update on the growing root vegetables as the season goes on!! Thank you for watching and please subscribe to my YouTube channel so that you don't miss out on more useful videos on 'Growing Your Own' For further information please go to my blog http:gardenofyvonne.wordpress.com
Comments
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hello nice videos I have stared carrots in a cup with paper towels and I make my own compost would that be good to grow or would that be to much nutrients for them any help with growing would be helpful thanks
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quality, thanks for the help
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How to grow carrots / sow perfect seeder /johnnys seed pelletized seed
Here is how I planted some pelleted carrot seeds. a little different but no need to thin which is a bonus for carrots. They grew really well.
liked your video.
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sound is not good.
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Need a mic.
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Had no problems hearing you and hopefully we'll get some nice fresh carrots soon :) thanks for the video.
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Next time could you use better audio
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Apologises for the poor sound quality. I will be filming a new video in the near future. Thank you for watching
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This is a horrible video. I can't hear what you are saying!!
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Oh my goodness, is that a phone ringing. In the background. Grrrrr
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Instruction not clear, carrot now growing out of my anus.
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Can you lip read? No :-/
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really can't hear.. Dk if that's a phone going off or what.
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I can't hear you. Is it possible to remake the video, so the sound is audible? We are all trying like heck to hear you and your information seems good, but I don't know for sure.
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thank you for your video, I'm trying to help a pastor plant a garden for orphans in south Africa, inbox me for the address if you wish to send seeds he needs donations, thanks
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Can u plant more than one seed im one spot
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Thank you for the help!
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Know of anyone doing this in english? ;-) To sow my carrot seed I use a flour sifter. I estimate how much dirt will go through the sifter in the length of the row. Then I put that much dirt in a bowl. Then you estimate how many seeds you need to plant the row. Add those seeds to the bowl of dirt and then mix it up well and then place in the sifter while it is over the row and then sift in the row. Then put more dirt in the sifter and put a light sift of dirt on top and then moisten with a sprayer and cover with plastic. Check a couple times a day to keep moist. Carrots can not touch the plastic.
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