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Forked carrots
O, wise ones, why are some of my just-harvested carrots growing
"forked" - i.e. a fat body with several "legs" rather than just one straight, slim carrot.. I don't think it's water, as has been suggested. When that is the problem, the lower end of the carrot starts to turn up, which is not the case with these lumpy carrots. Any thoughts? I'm in So. Calif coastal TIA Persephone |
Forked carrots
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Forked carrots
wrote in message ... O, wise ones, why are some of my just-harvested carrots growing "forked" - i.e. a fat body with several "legs" rather than just one straight, slim carrot.. I don't think it's water, as has been suggested. When that is the problem, the lower end of the carrot starts to turn up, which is not the case with these lumpy carrots. Any thoughts? I'm in So. Calif coastal TIA WSU extension service says it can be one or many of these reasons. Poorly prepared and/or rocky soil, clay or heavy soil, planting too closely and/or deeply, disturbing seedlings when thinning, rock-knot nematodes. Now you just need to figure out what and how many of these conditions occurred during your growing season. Val |
Forked carrots
On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:27:52 +1100, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote: wrote: O, wise ones, why are some of my just-harvested carrots growing "forked" - i.e. a fat body with several "legs" rather than just one straight, slim carrot.. I don't think it's water, as has been suggested. When that is the problem, the lower end of the carrot starts to turn up, which is not the case with these lumpy carrots. Any thoughts? I'm in So. Calif coastal TIA Persephone Some say that it is hard (ie clay) soil. I was taught that it was over fertilisation, that you should put your carrots in places that have had a heavy feeding crop beforehand not where you have just manured or added fertiliser. I have been told by others that this is not so. There are plenty of "old wives tales" that are repeated without testing or justification in the world of gardening. If you find an authoritative answer tell us. David Tx for reply. 1. Soil is not hard clay; it's wonderful "locker" (German term for friable soil) loam. 2. Area had not previously been planted to veg crops; it was just grass. If I get authoritative answer, will post. Pers. |
Forked carrots
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 19:02:55 -0800, "Val" wrote:
wrote in message ... O, wise ones, why are some of my just-harvested carrots growing "forked" - i.e. a fat body with several "legs" rather than just one straight, slim carrot.. I don't think it's water, as has been suggested. When that is the problem, the lower end of the carrot starts to turn up, which is not the case with these lumpy carrots. Any thoughts? I'm in So. Calif coastal TIA WSU extension service says it can be one or many of these reasons. Poorly prepared and/or rocky soil, clay or heavy soil, planting too closely and/or deeply, disturbing seedlings when thinning, rock-knot nematodes. Now you just need to figure out what and how many of these conditions occurred during your growing season. Val Tx, Val. Only condition that might apply would be a variation on "disturbing seedlings". After thinning, I replanted some of the "thins", which understandably took a while to get their act together. Unfortunatley, I did not keep careful track of what was orig. planting and what was replanting -- had no reason to do so. But wil monitor more closely in next planting, coming up. Pers. |
Forked carrots
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Forked carrots
In article ,
wrote: Lawn grass or wild grasses? Just plain ole' lawn grass. Persephone Take a look at http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/news...Vegetable.html Excerpt: Gardeners are often dismayed when they harvest hairy or misshapen carrots. Imperfect carrots, or carrots with multiple roots - many of them twisted around each other - may come from several causes, including spacing, soil type, fertility, pests and disease. My other thought was the use of chemicals on the lawn. It could lead to a salt build up, if nothing else. Since "chemfets" would tend to sterize the soil, I presume that as an attentive gardener you prepared the garden beds first. http://www.childsplayorganiclawns.co...ues/chart.html Good luck. Billy Republican and Democratic "Leadership" Behind Bars http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1031285.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net |
Forked carrots
In article
, Billy wrote: In article , wrote: Lawn grass or wild grasses? Just plain ole' lawn grass. Persephone Take a look at http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/news...Vegetable.html Excerpt: Gardeners are often dismayed when they harvest hairy or misshapen carrots. Imperfect carrots, or carrots with multiple roots - many of them twisted around each other - may come from several causes, including spacing, soil type, fertility, pests and disease. My other thought was the use of chemicals on the lawn. It could lead to a salt build up, if nothing else. Since "chemfets" would tend to sterize the soil, I presume that as an attentive gardener you prepared the garden beds first. http://www.childsplayorganiclawns.co...ues/chart.html Good luck. Billy Republican and Democratic "Leadership" Behind Bars http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1031285.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net From my pitiful experience from growing carrots. When I first started carrots from seed kits indoors, the carrots always looked deformed after transplanting into ground. When I started putting the seeds directly into the ground, the carrots grew straight and nice. The roots get twisted when started from a seed kit. Did you start you carrots from an indoor seed kit? Enjoy Life ... Dan -- Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan. |
Forked carrots
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:19:48 -0500, "Dan L."
wrote: In article , Billy wrote: In article , wrote: Lawn grass or wild grasses? Just plain ole' lawn grass. Persephone Take a look at http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/news...Vegetable.html Excerpt: Gardeners are often dismayed when they harvest hairy or misshapen carrots. Imperfect carrots, or carrots with multiple roots - many of them twisted around each other - may come from several causes, including spacing, soil type, fertility, pests and disease. My other thought was the use of chemicals on the lawn. It could lead to a salt build up, if nothing else. Since "chemfets" would tend to sterize the soil, I presume that as an attentive gardener you prepared the garden beds first. http://www.childsplayorganiclawns.co...ues/chart.html No chemicals on lawn. Not much of anything, actually. Not your beautifully groomed lawn -- more of a hodge-podge g From my pitiful experience from growing carrots. When I first started carrots from seed kits indoors, the carrots always looked deformed after transplanting into ground. When I started putting the seeds directly into the ground, the carrots grew straight and nice. The roots get twisted when started from a seed kit. Did you start you carrots from an indoor seed kit? No, I always plant seeds directly in the ground. My climate (So. Calif coastal) is mild enough to permit this. Ironically, the only time I ever started tomatoes from seed indoors -- why I can't remember -- was also the only time we ever had a frost. So the little plants I had put out to "harden off" bit the dust! Persephone |
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