ickplant@lemmy.world to Gardening@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoI'm a monster!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1315arrow-down11
arrow-up1314arrow-down1imageI'm a monster!lemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Gardening@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 days agoI’m hoping to pull up a monster like this someday after having left a few in the ground. All the ones I pulled liked like they had barely been growing for a couple of months!
minus-squareGardenGeek@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoDid you, by any chance, transplant them when they were small? Carrots realy hate that and tend to skip root growth.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoNope, they were all direct-seeded. Three different varieties in fertile, well-draining soil with no rocks, clay, or significant compaction.
minus-squareGardenGeek@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoOkay, then my assumption was false and your case remains mysterious!
I’m hoping to pull up a monster like this someday after having left a few in the ground. All the ones I pulled liked like they had barely been growing for a couple of months!
Did you, by any chance, transplant them when they were small? Carrots realy hate that and tend to skip root growth.
Nope, they were all direct-seeded. Three different varieties in fertile, well-draining soil with no rocks, clay, or significant compaction.
Okay, then my assumption was false and your case remains mysterious!
Thanks for trying!