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Feeling happy I did a direct sow with my first attempt at carrots this year!đ„
Think I would like the radish companion method… if I liked radishes…
I used the cornstarch method to make my son
Thank you for doing all the research and sharing.
Sometimes it really is that simple. We overthink too much. Just let nature do what it does.
Best tip for harvesting carrots in certain environments: leave it till first frost. My great uncle has grow in the same region for over 60 years and swears that's why his carrots are the sweetest you'll have.
I cover mine with fresh banana leaves.
Old guy I helped 60 years ago with gardening would take fine seeds like carrot and mix them with a bit of sand then pour the mix into the soil. The sand bulked up the seed making it easier to the seeds with old hands.
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This is so true of a lot of tasks in the garden. A lot of times, we try to make it too complicated. đ Plants want to grow!
I was gonna say you can literally just toss carrot seeds at some soil and some will grow. Just dumping them in a shallow trough and then covering them with like an inch of soil is more than enough to get most of them grown, and honestly youâll probably have to thin them unless youâre super careful about how many seeds youâre placing per inch
I was so worried about trying to grow carrots from seed for the first time because of all the videos making it sound difficult. I just half ass dump and cover them with a little soil and keep them watered. When I tried cardboard none of them sprouted
I used to not be able to get carrots to germinate. But that's because I was buying seed packages that had 20 precious seeds. When I found out I could get a gajillion seeds for a dollar from my feed store, I just threw handfuls of them out and got plenty of sprouts.
My best method, toss them around the bed and give them some water đ€·ââïž Every time I try to garden neatly and to the book it fails. Toss seeds around and hope for the best works best for me
don't know what you did wrong with the card board one but it does help sprout the carrots ealier.
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As with almost anything….
K.I.S.S
threw seed in my flower bed, 7/10
Lmao as if nature needs your help. Such conceit. All nature needs is us to just gtfo of the way.
Ancient Chinese knew this. Laozi said " there was a man who pulled on his carrots to make them grow faster. But all he ended up doing is damaging the plants. When the farmer stepped back and only helped when needed, nature took its course and he had a bountiful harvest".
Wu-wei. Action by non action. You let things flow. And they will fall into place.
My favorite method is sprinkle them on top of the bed I want them. Top with a light dusting of soil and cover with cardboard.
Thank you!!!!!!
The plants knows what to do, just let it.
LOL âtwo weeksâ, more like 30 days. I feel like a crazy person watering bare soil daily for a month.
Skills we inherited from our parents works well
Next week Iâm gonna get a garden bed are there any tips you can give međ€
Just goes to show it's not nice to try to fool Mother Nature. đ
SO HELPFUL!!! đ đ đ
My mom has this saying, "keep it simple, stupid"đâ€
There's really only a few rules to getting great produce.
SOIL: Dig deep. 3' is not too much, 16" is bare minimum. They LOVE fertilizer. You love to live, so be organic. Get it in all the way down while you're digging. Good tilth: clods crumble when pinched. Too crumbly? Add clay. Too sticky? Add sand.
WATER: they LOVE water. No matter how often, when you need to rainbird water until puddles show in the evening, and hand surface sprinkle daily while you have little sprouts.
Grow everything together, tons of seeds, plant all at once.. The Jungle Garden.. and eat as you thin. Virtually all sprouts are eatable. Your aim is to thin such that your tall stuff ends up on the north, short things on the south about sun. Leave vines to grow up your stalks like corn, and sunflowers, big vines like melons and squash go at the edges where they don't take up garden space.
That's it. Eat healthy. Can everything in glass jars. Enjoy doing it. đ
SEED TO SOIL LIKE MOTHER NATURE INTENDED!!! I keep telling all the weed growers this but they wonât listen lol