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my gigantic carrot i pulled up thought id share

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 5:32 pm
by shoegalmama2
:D its my 1st year growing in my allotment and ive been getting this magazine alot thought id share a pic of 1 of my carrots i pulled up the other day :D

Re: my gigantic carrot i pulled up thought id share

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:15 pm
by robo
All I can say is wow

Re: my gigantic carrot i pulled up thought id share

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:24 pm
by Westi
Bloody Hell! That is amazing & absolutely no sign of a hard core! Many congrats & welcome to the forum btw! You do realise you are going to be the go to lady for carrot advice! :)

Re: my gigantic carrot i pulled up thought id share

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:07 pm
by shoegalmama2
haaa thanks guys ive had ppl inboxing me on facebook how i grew it so big :D x

Re: my gigantic carrot i pulled up thought id share

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 8:44 am
by Primrose
What a monster. Pity you don't have a local vegetable show in which you could enter it !

Re: my gigantic carrot i pulled up thought id share

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:07 am
by retropants
that is quite magnificent!

Re: my gigantic carrot i pulled up thought id share

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 8:36 pm
by vivienz
Ooo errr, missus! What a splendid root:)

Re: my gigantic carrot i pulled up thought id share

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 11:12 am
by Stephen
My word!
Here on the edge of the Chilterns, the stoney soil makes them fork when still an inch or two long. Those who grow them on our allotments do so in barrels or other containers.

Re: my gigantic carrot i pulled up thought id share

Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:47 am
by shoegalmama2
Primrose wrote:What a monster. Pity you don't have a local vegetable show in which you could enter it !

I know i would have deffo took it .... gutted i couldnt show it off to the world :lol: im so chuffed with it hope i get more like that when i pull the rest up .