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a little help growning veg!
Hi all, i'm new to growning veg and wondered if you could help?
I'm after growing carrots, i brought the seeds, have the allotment ready..BUT do i start them in trays or put them straight in the ground?
Any help would be great!
I'm after growing carrots, i brought the seeds, have the allotment ready..BUT do i start them in trays or put them straight in the ground?
Any help would be great!
living for the sunshine is the only way to live
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Actually is there any i need to grow in trays before transplanting them to the soil?....some of these websites and books are so contradictory....living for the sunshine is the only way to live0
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Sow carrots straight into the ground.
Google "carrot fly". This is your enemy!0 -
Carrots don't like being moved around so are best grown from seed in the ground - but not yet (there will probably be dates to sow on the packet). There are loads of different things that you can grow straight from seed. Enjoy!!0
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You don't really need to start anything off in trays before planting them out, but it can certainly help some things.
Carrots fork if you transplant them and like parsnips, throw down a long tap root, that doesn't like to be disturbed at all.
Get them in the most stone free and sand like soil you have.Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.0 -
And just to add, do not manure the ground for carrotsWhen an eel bites your bum, that's a Moray0
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I start carrots and parsnips in the ground; everything else is started in modules. One of the main things when getting started in growing veg is slugs and the amount of your seedlings that they can devour overnight.0
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i grow most in trays first - lets them get stronger and to withstand attacks before they get into the big bad world!!!
Carrots are one of the few things you need to sow direct0 -
Thank you all so much, some of these websites/ books don't want you to grow anything i swear!
I'm warming the soil as we type ready for the seeds to go down in a couple of weeks...thank you so much!living for the sunshine is the only way to live0 -
Makes them fork.
But I have grown perfect long carrots in well matured 50% manure, 50% soil.
Try half with and half without.Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.0
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