digitS'
Garden Master
Advice from left field, okay?
That ¼ inch planting depth presents difficulties for carrot seeds. If the soil settles too much, they may have too much to climb through to reach the light. Their slow, slow germination speed (Cornell says 1 - 3 weeks) adds to the possibility that, by the time the seed sprouts, the seed isn't where it was placed.
My carrots are vulnerable to the soil drying over the weeks it takes them to emerge. During that same time, the soil surface can become compacted with irrigation water inefficiently applied. Pamper the fragile things !
Steve, who has significant problems harvesting carrots if they are longer than the tines of his spading fork
That ¼ inch planting depth presents difficulties for carrot seeds. If the soil settles too much, they may have too much to climb through to reach the light. Their slow, slow germination speed (Cornell says 1 - 3 weeks) adds to the possibility that, by the time the seed sprouts, the seed isn't where it was placed.
My carrots are vulnerable to the soil drying over the weeks it takes them to emerge. During that same time, the soil surface can become compacted with irrigation water inefficiently applied. Pamper the fragile things !
Steve, who has significant problems harvesting carrots if they are longer than the tines of his spading fork
