In article
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Dave Hill writes
In her days you grew all root crops from the start in the open ground,
and they do not transplant at all well.
It's different if you start them in modules.

I once dug up a lot of very closely sown carrots at the very tiny stage
and rinsed them in a colander and transplanted them spaced apart, best
crop i ever grew

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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
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