tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post3365413255055210578..comments2024-03-28T19:12:52.383+10:30Comments on Drifting through life: a tale of three carrotsRiverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-19877601988851403692011-04-17T20:25:55.343+09:302011-04-17T20:25:55.343+09:30R.H. I started them off in seed raising mix, then ...R.H. I started them off in seed raising mix, then transplanted into a good potting mix/compost mixture. Not sure what went wrong from there. None of my plantings came to much good this year. Next year should be better. <br /><br />Andrew; blogger seems to be behaving, so I'll have another go at putting the pictures up. <br /><br />Rachel; welcome to drifting. I've never thought of myself as inspirational, so thank you. i'll check your blog.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-90682977614806909372011-04-17T09:03:37.437+09:302011-04-17T09:03:37.437+09:30what a great blog! you are so inspirational! :) if...what a great blog! you are so inspirational! :) if you get the chance could you check out my blog and tell me what you think? i would love your opinions! :)<br />follow me? <br />www.so--hi.blogspot.comsohirachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10646967903332297695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-80165103612630261372011-04-17T06:15:45.544+09:302011-04-17T06:15:45.544+09:30Same happened to my sister's carrots. One look...Same happened to my sister's carrots. One looked like a cow's udder. I looked up why it happens but I forget now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-10582631212710979352011-04-17T00:07:37.564+09:302011-04-17T00:07:37.564+09:30Get some seed raising mix for sowing carrots, pott...Get some seed raising mix for sowing carrots, potting mix is too coarse. You can transplant the seedlings when they get sturdy enough. They need deep soil anyway or they'll grow deformed. And get good seeds. Yates are good. Obscure hippy brands are a waste of effort. <br />Don't stop growing vegetables, just give them the best chance: plenty of sun, and compost mixed with the soil. Never throw away fruit and veg peelings, turn it into compost. Good heavens, you'll get failures, some things are just hard to grow, they need the right conditions.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-20310944617084949222011-04-16T22:36:28.133+09:302011-04-16T22:36:28.133+09:30Marie; thanks. I used to have a lovely big shadeho...Marie; thanks. I used to have a lovely big shadehouse with defined garden beds that grew heaps of vegetables. Hubby tore it down the second year because he was convinced people were going to dob him in for growing marijuana in it. (we weren't)Since then I haven't grown much more than a few beans and tomatoes. everything else turns over and dies. <br />I'll give blogger a second chance tomorrow.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-32576164369483832032011-04-16T21:41:58.762+09:302011-04-16T21:41:58.762+09:30My Aunty Kath could grow anything - she had a fabu...My Aunty Kath could grow anything - she had a fabulous garden of vegetables on a big double block (now housing I see when I snooped on Google Earth - though I see when I looked at my old house that my agapanthus are doing really well! Isn't Google Earth a great thing?). <br /><br />But as usual, I digress... anyway, Aunty Kath, who could give Peter Cundall's Veggie patch a run for its money, could never grow carrots. They all came out chunky, deformed and woody. We used to feed them to the horses. So don't give up on other veggies just because the carrots wouldn't play nicely. And don't you hate it when you carefully nurture something and it ups its toes and snuffs it. I take that sort of thing quite personally.<br /><br />Bummer about Blogger and photos. I use an old prehistoric method of my own invention to upload so I haven't noticed it being a pain. I hope it behaves better for you later.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088355577823930786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-80506730651814973672011-04-16T21:36:48.668+09:302011-04-16T21:36:48.668+09:30Elephant's Child; I've read that carrots d...Elephant's Child; I've read that carrots don't like feeding much, although they do need lots of water. <br /><br />Frogdancer; I've read about that too, just never tried it because it's fiddly and I'm lazy. I'll try it though next time I'm ready to plant. I'm going to try the drinking straw method for other seeds too. You've heard of this? Mark a drinking straw in half centimetre lengths, insert it into the soil to the correct depth for the seed you are planting, then drop a seed through the straw.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-66714239716198318872011-04-16T20:55:59.862+09:302011-04-16T20:55:59.862+09:30I can help!!!!!
I saw a video a week or so ago fr...I can help!!!!!<br /><br />I saw a video a week or so ago from a blogger friend who made seed tape from TP for his carrot seeds. So easy and so practical.<br /><br />http://bitsouttheback.blogspot.com/2011/03/compost-teas-seeds.html<br /><br />It's the video about seed tape.Frogdancerhttp://dancingwithfrogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-66488827264847789772011-04-16T18:29:25.633+09:302011-04-16T18:29:25.633+09:30Carrots are tricky sods to grow. They need superf...Carrots are tricky sods to grow. They need superfine soil, and lots of water and lots of food. I am sorry that blogger refused to let you show them to us though.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com