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Old 05-04-2010, 11:04 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default Carrots survived the winter
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Is this unusual?, my garden is full of carrots. I've been eating some of
them for the last few weeks but I'm wondering if I should just leave them
alone for a few months and hope they grow to a reasonable size. My
carrots have always been stunted, usually just an inch long, never more
than three inches, maybe giving them two seasons to grow is what they
need to reach a normal size.


Try sprinkling some ground-up Viagra on them.


The carrot variety is Danvers. I'm in
Massachusetts so I assumed that Danvers which is a New England carrot
would do best but it's been a disappointment. However it's ability to
survive the winter seems to be a redeeming feature.


Seriously, though, is your soil very dense, maybe difficult for
them to grow downward? Or perhaps they feel an incentive to
grown down, due to too much moisture near the surface?


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