AlboPepper - Drought Proof Urban Gardening | Danver Carrots Started Indoors in Conetainers + Companion Planting - November 11 Harvest @Albopepper | Uploaded November 2016 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
This year I planted 2 batches of carrots. For my 2nd planting, I wanted to share some new things that I tried so you can see how it worked out for me. For several years, I've continued to grow my favorite carrot: Danver. The Danver carrot is great for growing in soils that have a lot of clay. And this variety is also a very large carrot (if you plant it in the Spring and harvest in the Fall).
I ordered my seeds from Botanical Interests: shrsl.com/?exga
INTERPLANTED / COMPANION PLANTING:
The harvest shown in this video was a bonus harvest. All of the carrots were planted alongside other vegetables. I tucked plants into any free space I could find. Carrots with beans. Carrots under a towering tomato. Carrots at the base of corn. Under peppers. Next to watermelons. How did these companion planted carrots turn out?
In some spaces the carrots actually did fairly well. In other spots it was more hit and miss. Root crops like carrots occupy a different space in the plant canopy. So they can fit under taller plants. But for the carrots to thrive, they still need to be able to get nutrients and light. So just bear in mind that they won't perform as well if other plants choke them out. Try things out and see what works for you!
WHAT ABOUT TRANSPLANTS / STARTING CARROTS INDOORS?
Conventional wisdom often teaches us that roots crops should be directly sown from seed. Carrots are not recommended as transplants. But why? Is it possible to grow carrot seedlings? Well, I was determined to find out!
So I tried starting some carrot seedlings indoors in cone-tainers. I was surprised to see that many of these transplanted carrots grew even larger than the directly sown ones. This was not a formal experiment by any means. But the fact that the carrots fared so well has given me reason for optimism.
The key to successfully growing carrot transplants is to select very deep containers. Carrots are basically just a huge taproot. To get a straight, long carrot, you need to have a long, undisturbed root. Once the root tip terminates, the carrot forks and gets all distorted. That's why these containers are so great!
Order some cone-tainers (ray leach tubes): bit.ly/2fPYVL6
READ MORE ABOUT BREAKING GARDEN RULES!
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This year I planted 2 batches of carrots. For my 2nd planting, I wanted to share some new things that I tried so you can see how it worked out for me. For several years, I've continued to grow my favorite carrot: Danver. The Danver carrot is great for growing in soils that have a lot of clay. And this variety is also a very large carrot (if you plant it in the Spring and harvest in the Fall).
I ordered my seeds from Botanical Interests: shrsl.com/?exga
INTERPLANTED / COMPANION PLANTING:
The harvest shown in this video was a bonus harvest. All of the carrots were planted alongside other vegetables. I tucked plants into any free space I could find. Carrots with beans. Carrots under a towering tomato. Carrots at the base of corn. Under peppers. Next to watermelons. How did these companion planted carrots turn out?
In some spaces the carrots actually did fairly well. In other spots it was more hit and miss. Root crops like carrots occupy a different space in the plant canopy. So they can fit under taller plants. But for the carrots to thrive, they still need to be able to get nutrients and light. So just bear in mind that they won't perform as well if other plants choke them out. Try things out and see what works for you!
WHAT ABOUT TRANSPLANTS / STARTING CARROTS INDOORS?
Conventional wisdom often teaches us that roots crops should be directly sown from seed. Carrots are not recommended as transplants. But why? Is it possible to grow carrot seedlings? Well, I was determined to find out!
So I tried starting some carrot seedlings indoors in cone-tainers. I was surprised to see that many of these transplanted carrots grew even larger than the directly sown ones. This was not a formal experiment by any means. But the fact that the carrots fared so well has given me reason for optimism.
The key to successfully growing carrot transplants is to select very deep containers. Carrots are basically just a huge taproot. To get a straight, long carrot, you need to have a long, undisturbed root. Once the root tip terminates, the carrot forks and gets all distorted. That's why these containers are so great!
Order some cone-tainers (ray leach tubes): bit.ly/2fPYVL6
READ MORE ABOUT BREAKING GARDEN RULES!
albopepper.com/breaking-garden-rule-02--some-seeds-must-be-direct-sown.php
#ContainerGardening #SelfWateringGarden #OrganicGardening
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SUPPORT:
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W E B ➝ albopepper.com
F B ➝ facebook.com/albopepper
I G ➝ instagram.com/albopepper
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