[Homestead] Butternut Squash

Clansgian at wmconnect.com Clansgian at wmconnect.com
Tue Jul 21 22:45:18 EDT 2009



> >I'm not your carrot man, but... Last winter I read a tip to put old 
> boards
> over the row when you plant. I put some old 1x4 boards over the row, check
> them in a couple of weeks and take the boards off after they start to
> germinate. 

I'm not a carrot man either but this year every bed of carrots I sowed came 
up well spaced and I've got tons of carrots now.  I'm seeding lots more for 
the winter.  No such thing as too many carrots since everything on the farm 
will eat them.

But my tenative hypothesis is that the above is correct, the main problem 
is continuous moisture which is doubly a problem with carrots since they 
can't be planted deeply.

James



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