ickplant@lemmy.world to Gardening@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoI'm a monster!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1300arrow-down11
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minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months 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-up6·2 months 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-up6·2 months 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-up6·2 months 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!