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05 Sep 19, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Germinating carrots - don't have too rich a soil - have a nice crumbly fine soil - even sandy loan. Rake it real flat. Dig a little furrow about 5-8 mm deep. Put some carrot seeds in your left hand and pick up a few with your right hand and spread them along the furrow thinly. Gently cover the seeds with some light soil or very fine seed raising mixture and then give a light patting down on the soil. Give the seeds a gentle watering. Build a little frame over them with things like tomato stakes on bricks etc.Then place some 30-50-70% shade cloth on the frame. Give the seeds a light watering morning and afternoon. A few days after germination take the shade cloth off. You can apply the shade cloth idea to germinating a lot of different seeds if the weather is warm to hot. If planting big seeds like corn beans peas - plant the seeds then give a good watering and then don't water for 3-4 days - then a light watering each second day. Too much water they will go rotten..

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05 Sep 19, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Take the board (????) off a few days after germination. A good way to protect further is to use a shade cloth device - about 30-50% shade cloth.

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20 Jul 19, (Australia - temperate climate)

What’s the best way to store carrots.

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22 Jul 19, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

In the fridge. Don't plant so many next time. Try some succession planting next time.

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07 Jul 19, Dianne (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Don't forget to make use of carrot leaves and stems as well as a tasty salad green, but be sure not to leave them on the plant too long as they get a bit stringy.

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13 May 19, Willem Pretorius (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)

I planted Carrots in a container with pretty deep soil but I get these very short carrots that is purple on the outside.

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13 May 19, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Check which variety of carrot you planted. Some do have a purple skin and some are short. Check here https://www.grow-it-organically.com/carrot-varieties.html

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14 Apr 19, Rob (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

Do carrots need a lot of sun

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09 May 19, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

Looks like NZ cool/mountain climate zone doesn't work for carrots. Try the aussie cool zone for carrots. Plants need sunlight 6-8 hours generally.

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17 Apr 21, Michael (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

I find that difficult to believe given that all of the commercial carrot growing in the North Island is done in the volcanic plateau around Ohakune and Rataehi.

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