Carrots are everyone’s favourite to harvest… But without a
doubt, they are not everyone’s favourite to grow! To start with,
the seeds are minute, very light and once sown do not handle
drying out. And if they do sprout, then come the weeds! The
enthusiast gardener is often pictured tediously weeding clean
rows of carrots. Then thinning them. Then weeding them again.
Once the plant has started growing, there is no guarantee one
will harvest a long and thick orange (or purple, red, yellow,
white…) juicy root. Far from it… more then not, the amateur
gardener pulls out twisted monstrosities that seem freshly out
of an “Alien” movie. Or a skinny woody thing of a carrot. There
are a few tips that can really make our life easier, if we
decide to grow the most enjoyed Daucus carota. Soil, soil, soil!
With carrots, its all about soil. It is often recommended to
allocate carrots their own bed in the garden. A bit like with
potatoes or asparagus. One thing is certain, to get nice carrots
you will need loose soil, free d