Growing Carrot

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04 Jan 16 Adrian (Australia - temperate climate)
To avoid all the foibles with spreading those tiny carrots seeds, I simply buy Yates Manchester Table seed tape (3 x 2 metre long tapes), mark out 2 metre long shallow trenches 10mm deep (shallow) 20cm apart, place in the three tapes from the seed packet, and cover the tape with as little well mulched loam as possible. This summer I sowed the seed on 24 December so that I would be around to keep the carrot patch moist and the seed all came up in one week. The current light rain this week will further ensure a solid crop. I also spread snail killer to avoid snails feasting on the young seedlings. Snail killer is cheap. I do not thin out the seedlings, as I have found that the seed tape is narrow and gives the seedling sufficient lateral space to develop to healthy thick carrots.
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26 Jan 16 fred (Australia - temperate climate)
Do you also work for Yates? (Gardenate is completely independent. Liz)
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