In message , Gordon H
writes
In message , June Hughes
writes
I have never been successful in growing carrots. They either got
carrot fly, were thin and weedy or were eaten by beasties before I
harvested them. This year, I put some in a plastic tub and have just
harvested around 3 pounds, so am delighted. It may not be much to all
you gardeners who are better than me but to me it is brilliant. Like
the potatoes, I shall put them in the ground next year and hope for
the best. I am very pleased

I grew a few Early Nantes in a tub this year, and they were the
straightest carrots I've grown, though smallish.
The only way I avoided bifurcated and distorted carrots in open ground
was by dibbing a tapering hole and filling it with sand and compost.

I haven't done that but shall bear it in mind. Thanks.
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June Hughes