Carrots not growing
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:03 pm
I am not sure if this is the right place as my carrots are nowhere near harvesting - what have I done wrong?
I have sown a 3 seed collection of Amsterdam Sweetheart, Nandor and Autumn King. I sowed them all in Mid may which was within the time on the packets. They are in enormous pots, and I did partly thin them - at which stage I was quite excited as some were an inch or two long and I was able to put them in a stir fry. Since then though, they don't seem to have grown much at all! That was probably earlyish in July.
My thoughts are that I have not watered them enough. It has not been hugely hot and dry here, and they have never really looked dry - but may be I should have watered them more anyway. Don't get me wrong, I haven't not watered them, just not as much as my tomatoes for instance which are in baskets and I can easily see when they are dry.
Is it too late, or will the carrots continue to grow if I water them more?
I have sown a 3 seed collection of Amsterdam Sweetheart, Nandor and Autumn King. I sowed them all in Mid may which was within the time on the packets. They are in enormous pots, and I did partly thin them - at which stage I was quite excited as some were an inch or two long and I was able to put them in a stir fry. Since then though, they don't seem to have grown much at all! That was probably earlyish in July.
My thoughts are that I have not watered them enough. It has not been hugely hot and dry here, and they have never really looked dry - but may be I should have watered them more anyway. Don't get me wrong, I haven't not watered them, just not as much as my tomatoes for instance which are in baskets and I can easily see when they are dry.
Is it too late, or will the carrots continue to grow if I water them more?