carrots – Page 4 – ROAD TRIP

Yeah, I could probably keep growing my root veggies in the grow tent but I’m calling it for the season.

Here’s what came out of the ground today. Beets are sadly not grown in but beautiful nonetheless. Carrots all planted at the same time had wildly varied growth rates! Watermelon radishes made a good final effort. Overall I would say that I should have harvested some greens pre-frost (they got kind of icky), and should have started everything earlier to make sure they were farther along before the frost. I also believe that they’d continue to grow if left in the grow tunnel.

General update

I found out a few weeks ago that I got approved to move to a larger plot. It’s about 33% larger as far as I can tell, and all one rectangle instead of two separate ones. It also appears that I will not have to worry about planting dill, as it comes with its own crop.

Final look at the plots before calling it a season.

I started carrots as an afterthought after radishes proved to be so exciting. I started them late, so I don’t think I’ll see them reach their full potential. So far they’ve gotten very leafy and I’ve pulled a few that are starting to look like carrots.

As everyone on the internet tells you, starting seedlings then transplanting them does in fact result in crooked carrots, but I don’t carrot too much (heh). I was more concerned with making sure the seedling were viable under grow lights before putting them outside because the weather can be so fickle here.

Not too much to report on carrots except to say I’d try them again, and their leaves smell like parsley. Could be interesting to use in recipes.