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Carrots...what is wrong???
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Carrots...what is wrong???
I pulled out a carrot just now and it is only orange about 2 " down then turns white. Does anyone know what is wrong with my carrots???
hopeless151- Posts : 44
Join date : 2012-03-22
Location : NE Oklahoma
Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
I know nada about carrots but maybe it's not finished growing yet? I pulled one up a couple weeks ago and it was all white.
But let's wait and see what those with carrot experience say.
CC
But let's wait and see what those with carrot experience say.
CC
CapeCoddess- Posts : 6824
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Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
Well at least I know I am not the only one having this problem...
hopeless151- Posts : 44
Join date : 2012-03-22
Location : NE Oklahoma
Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
hopeless151 wrote: I pulled out a carrot just now and it is only orange about 2 " down then turns white. Does anyone know what is wrong with my carrots???
A picture speaks a thousand words , but in the absence of one I'd guess it is a normal carrot with a long root that has not got growing outwards / thickening yet .
plantoid-
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Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
I had some strange coloured contorted carrots one year , was yours similar to the lighter coloured one ?


plantoid-
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Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
Hopeless maybe it is just something fluky. I am also one who doesn't know the answer but I found an interesting site with a photo of lots of different colored carrots. That is why I am thinking it is just something fluky. White carrots are supposed to be very sweet. http://www.nextnature.net/2009/08/why-are-carrots-orange-it-is-political/
Plantoid that/those are one/two amazing carrot(s)! I have never seen anything like that! Rowena transplants carrots and twists them before she puts them in the new hole for them to grow for some unusual shapes.
I grew carrots really well last year but this year I can't get any to grow past a half inch top although I have planted twice. I am blaming the earwigs, couldn't be anything I did!
Plantoid that/those are one/two amazing carrot(s)! I have never seen anything like that! Rowena transplants carrots and twists them before she puts them in the new hole for them to grow for some unusual shapes.
I grew carrots really well last year but this year I can't get any to grow past a half inch top although I have planted twice. I am blaming the earwigs, couldn't be anything I did!

Triciasgarden-
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Location : Northern Utah
Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
My carrots turned out small. This was the first time I've ever grown carrots. Maybe your white carrot is an albino
https://youtu.be/zfbtfleZn20

https://youtu.be/zfbtfleZn20
Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
Damon, I really enjoyed your carrot video! Of course I'm always a sucker for vids
Thanks for sharing


RoOsTeR-
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Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
LOL! Albino was my first thought as well.... But I don't think my daughter would eat albino carrots and I was too afraid to even try it!
hopeless151- Posts : 44
Join date : 2012-03-22
Location : NE Oklahoma
Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
RoOsTeR wrote:Damon, I really enjoyed your carrot video! Of course I'm always a sucker for vidsThanks for sharing
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Thanks for watching

Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
Damon wrote:Wow! What did it taste like?
They tasted Ok but if I tell you how I did it I'll have to send a team of SAS over to kill you stone dead .

I'll see if I can replicate it next year , including the colour scheme.

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Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
I planted carrots also and so far I only found 3 that were big enough to harvest earlier in the week. I am not too concerned since the plants look healthy. I did crowd my a bit so I think mine will not get as big as I would like, but I don't care as long as they taste good. I did find one carrot that had only a 2 inch growth from the top and then stunted a did not look good. It does seem as though they are taking forever....
Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
After reading other posts, I thought I would do some searching and found a site that sells all kinds of seeds. I clicked on carrots and there are all different sizes, shapes and colors of carrots. http://www.reimerseeds.com/carrots_444.aspx Click on yellow carrots and then look at the yellowstone carrots. Some of those are two toned. Just something interesting to look at!
Triciasgarden-
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Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
I have weird carrots too! My Chantenays have not done well. Short fat and contorted. They taste ever so sweet though and my son is asking for carrot soup each day !
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southern gardener- Posts : 1887
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Location : california, zone 10a
Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
those weird carrots look a lot like most of ours!!
the last three years i am unable to grow REAL carrots....we just sowed seed yesterday to see how it will go for the fall....hubby didnt agree with trying them again.....he gave me lip
......but...i trying some of the suggestions i have gotten from our wonderful friends here and im not going to give up....im going to learn and figure out how to grow carrots in our family garden
thanks for posting the pic's ....it was nice....sorry
....but nice to show him that we are not the only ones that have weird carrots....if you can even call them a carrot.....i even tried to eat ours and they were bitter
hugs
rose
the last three years i am unable to grow REAL carrots....we just sowed seed yesterday to see how it will go for the fall....hubby didnt agree with trying them again.....he gave me lip


thanks for posting the pic's ....it was nice....sorry


hugs
rose
FamilyGardening-
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Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
I got some pretty wild looking carrots last year.
I had some that were big and long but had two three or more extra carrot roots growing all together like yours in your photo. I wanted to know why they did that because this year I wanted to make sure I had nice straight carrots with nothing extra growing off them so I could put them in the fair.
What I found out was, if they get to much fertilizer they sprout those extra sprouts off the carrot, and if they get to much water they will split, and if they grow to close to each other they will twist around each other.
And that made since because last year I wanted to beat boffer in a carrot contest and I really added a lot of extra fertilizer all season till harvest time, and all the carrots were weird looking. This year I only added some compost to the SFG at the start of planting the carrots, and didn't add any more the rest of the season and the carrots turned out pretty nice and straight, good enough that I won a ribbon at the fair with them.
I had some that were big and long but had two three or more extra carrot roots growing all together like yours in your photo. I wanted to know why they did that because this year I wanted to make sure I had nice straight carrots with nothing extra growing off them so I could put them in the fair.
What I found out was, if they get to much fertilizer they sprout those extra sprouts off the carrot, and if they get to much water they will split, and if they grow to close to each other they will twist around each other.
And that made since because last year I wanted to beat boffer in a carrot contest and I really added a lot of extra fertilizer all season till harvest time, and all the carrots were weird looking. This year I only added some compost to the SFG at the start of planting the carrots, and didn't add any more the rest of the season and the carrots turned out pretty nice and straight, good enough that I won a ribbon at the fair with them.
Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
Yes, I grew them in one of my boxes of Mel's mix.
Last yr when I grew the same carrots they were fantastic.
I think it was due to them being too crowded.
I plan on planting carrots for the fall and hopefully they will be "normal".
Tks everyone for your advice.
Last yr when I grew the same carrots they were fantastic.
I think it was due to them being too crowded.
I plan on planting carrots for the fall and hopefully they will be "normal".
Tks everyone for your advice.
Re: Carrots...what is wrong???
Crowding does not do that. Crowding makes carrots twined around each other. Branching is from something disturbing the tab root. That something can be compost that is not finished, nematodes, heavy soils.
Here is a useful link http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/cultivation.html
Here is a useful link http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/cultivation.html
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