Such a huge score. I still pinch myself...fruit on those trees soon! That is cool, I've never grown a tree from seed. That is great you have a garden in town...helps in the urban jungle:) I suck at growing carrots, compacted soil. Do you have any tips?
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My son brought the apple seed home from his Apple he had in his lunch so we gave it a try. I’m hoping to get some fruit soon. Probably another year or 2.
As for the carrots, we grew them in a raised bed that had about 12 inches of so called organic mix from the store that we mixed with existing soil about 50/50. We did notice and with talking to some carrot farmers, if you water too often they will be short and stubby. He said to water a good amount 2 times a week and that should give a longer carrot. Here is what we ended up with last year.
Notice the short stubby ones that look like a beet this is the result of too much water. This bunch of carrots was about half of our total harvest.
Nice carrots!! That makes so much sense, my carrots in the flood zone were like your stubby ones! I may try raised beds this year....thank you for the great tip:)
No problem. We r goin to grow carrots and beets in the same box this year. Hoping for a nice harvest to run through the juicer to make our ABC juice (apple beet carrot) it’s delicious.
The carrot farmer I talked to was growing carrots for the baby carrots you buy in the store that look like little fingers. He wants them as long as possible so he only watered once a week. Since the carrot is a root less water on top forces it to go down looking for water.