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26 Feb 11, Joe (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

It sounds very much like too much fertiliser, also carrots prefer open type soils if you have heavy clay soils add about a good handful of gypsum or hydrated lime (same stuff) per square meter and hopefully you should see and grow better carrots

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06 Jan 11, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I'm interested in the answer to this, too. I get exactly the same problem!

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06 Jan 11, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

Carrots prefer light, sandy soil, mulched to keep cool and moist. Light soils give them a chance to grow long roots. If your soil is heavy clay, it is best to grow stump-rooted or chantenay types. A raised bed might be the answer.

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27 Feb 14, Colleen (Australia - tropical climate)

Or dig a narrow trench by inserting the straight spade in and wriggling it. Then fill with sand leaving a 2cm gap to the ground level and then put a light layer of soil, place the seeds, cover with a light layer of soil then water, protect from birds, heat etc.

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09 Oct 10, Tony Morales (Australia - temperate climate)

I have fertilized my carrots with a bit of super-phosphate and had no more "forking" than usual (maybe 5 - 8%?)

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28 Jul 10, Corinne anderson (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Just woundering what fertiliser do you use when your growing carrots?

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30 Jun 10, Natalie (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

As long as your ground doesn't freeze you will be right. Our carrots are growing really well at the moment. We have even planted more seedlings for a sept crop.

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30 Jun 10, joan jenks (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Is it okay to grow carrots in the winter? it says u can but its not the preferred weather.

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15 Mar 12, Anonymus (USA - Zone 10a climate)

Yeah, you can grow carrots during the winter. Just keep the ground mulched and make sure the grund doesn't freeze. For winter growing I would recomend Artist and Merida (nantes types) and Camberly and Scarlet Keeper (danvers types). However, the coloring on the carrots aren't as good in colder weather with less daylight hours.

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29 May 10, Eve (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Hi Jenny Both Eden Seeds and Green Harvest (both online) have purple carrot seed ('Dragon')

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