![]() Sow carrot seeds any time after the middle of May. Watering too fast may cause carrots to split. If your carrot patch has been allowed to dry out and has remained dry for more than a week, add water slowly rather than giving a whollop of water. Water faithfully while the carrots are growing. Carrots that are growing too close together will grow stunted and contorted. Go ahead and do it anyway so the remaining plants can develop fully. This is difficult to do because it seems a shame to destroy plants that have potential. Once seeds are up, thin them out so they are two inches apart. Carrots seedlings don’t enjoy being transplanted and their small size makes them too difficult to handle. Use a watering can to keep the soil moist over the carrot seeds and repeat daily until seeds are up.ĭon’t bother going through the effort of starting seeds indoors with the hopes of getting a head start on plants. You can’t do anything about cold weather, but you can add water when rain doesn’t fall from the sky. If the soil is cold seeds will take longer to sprout. Remember that carrots need heat and water to sprout. Radish seeds sprout in lightning speed and make perfect markers for the slow to sprout carrot seeds. Plant a radish seed on both ends of your row of carrots in order to find the slow growing carrots. Or raid the kitchen and look for something like oatmeal or corn meal. Mix the tiny seeds with some other similarly sized grains to make them easier to sow. ![]() Those who have planted carrots for years have their tricks of the trade, and are happy to pass them along. By that time the neighbouring weeds are flourishing and it’s too hard to find the tiny carrots.ĭon’t despair. ![]() After sowing seeds, carrots take their jolly time sprouting, often waiting three weeks before they show green. Carrots would be more fun to grow if their seeds were larger and easier to plant. ![]()
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