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Old 05-04-2003, 07:33 AM
Dwayne
 
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Default When are they ready to pick?

Hello Paul,
This is my first year with carrots, so all I cans ay is thin and eat if they
are getting crowded, and use the rest as needed. I bought a house in once
and the spring when I went out to dig a garden, I found where the previous
owner had planted carrots that had survived the winter, and we ate them.

With ball onions, after about 50 percent of them have fallen, I bend over
the rest of them and give them another week to 10 days to enlarge, them I
pull them. You need to wash them off, take them somewhere out of the sun,
but still warm and let them air dry for 10 days. Then take them in and
store them in a cool place where the air can reach them (not in a sack or
otherwise piled up) If you raise onions that dont grow into a ball, use
when you are ready. I dont know much about those.

Potatoes are usually left in the ground until the tops start dying and
falling over, then dig them. My first attempt to grow potatoes ended up
pretty bad. I didnt know you were supposed to hill the dirt up around the
plant as it grew. Needless to say I only got one or 2 small potatoes per
plant. Good luck. Dwayne

"Paul" wrote in message
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We are Very New to vegie gardens and have put in our little plot in

deepest
Bexley North NSW. There are signs things are happening, but how do I know
when things such as Carrots, Onions, Potatoes etc are ready to dig up?

Thanks
Paul