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Old 03-07-2012, 09:16 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Quantify "sow thinly"
On 02/07/2012 21:36, wrote:
Chris ] wrote:
Carrot seed packet says "sow thinly".
Numbers needed!
1 per inch?
4 per inch?
8 per inch?
Or what?

Depends on how old your seed is and what pests you're having trouble with.
I sowed thinly, in cardboard tubes, and 3 out of about 200 came up. Then
I sowed thickerly (!) and I started getting about 1" coming through which
was about a 5% success rate, and then something came along and munched
through the lot.
Stupid carrots. :-(

I love baby carrots, but sadly have given up on them. Whatever I do,
companion planting, avoiding thinning they get ruined by carrot root
fly. I've tried protecting them with fleece, but then they fail to
prosper, I've no green fingers when it comes to carrots! :-((

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