"Play4aBuck" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm thinking about building a small raised garden area about (2' W x 3' L
x
12" D) just for carrots and radishes within my larger garden. I get a
good
crop of carrots/radishes every year but they are tuff to extract from the
sandy soil. If I fill up the bottom-less box with some good soil mixture
then the carrots should be easier to pick and may grow better. Anyone see
a
problem with this? With such a small box will it dry out to quickly?
Will
I get pencil-like carrots if the soil if too loose? I may make it larger
and plant my onions in it too. Any thoughts?

Cheers,
Jim

In Anchorage, Alaska I used to grow carrots and radishes in large black
nursery pots on my deck, my property being mainly an ancient rocky riverbed
that would require explosives to till. The pots were the cheap disposable
sort, perhaps 24" across and 16" high. I had pretty decent results with my
crops although I tended to pick the carrots pretty early in their growth
when they weren't much more than finger-sized (perfect for a light
steaming). There wasn't a lot of trouble with the pots drying out although
if the rains didn't come for a few days I tried to water them occasionally.
BTW, the soil used was common bagged planting mix.
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John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com