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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

I swear, carrots love kids!  I can't grow carrots at all.  Give the seed 
packs to one of the kidlets for their little gardens and they've got carrots 
coming out their ears!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


> I'd like to hear your method for carrots.  I don't have good luck with
> carrots.  I've tried several varieties, several soil mixes, including
> one that was about 90% sand, and all kinds of other stuff.  I don't
> think I've ever grown a decent crop of carrots.  They end up tough and
> tasteless.  I think the gnarled, twisted carrots I grew up with, grown
> in rocky soil, tasted better than what I grow.  I don't care what they
> look like, I just want to grab a carrot and eat and enjoy it without
> breaking my teeth.  So what gives with carrots?  Could my soil be too
> acid?  More potash needed?  Many years I have that internal greening
> problem, and cracking, which I know is caused by lack of water.  I water
> them, but maybe not enough??
> Reluctantly, I am going to try a hybrid carrot; this year, it will be
> Sweetness II.  Here's the Park Seed description:
>
> http://www.parkseed.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10101&catalogId=10101&langId=-1&mainPage=prod2working&ItemId=5080&PrevMainPage=advsearchresults&scChannel=Gate%201DollarSeed&SearchText=p16.v231;l1.1DollarSeed&OfferCode=T1H
>
> Shumways says they have extra sugars and are super sweet.
>
> Check out this page, James...is this what you are talking about?
>
> http://www.neseed.com/store/carrot.html
>
>
>
> It says that carrots used to be all different colors, but the Danes made
> them orange to honor their national colors.  I never knew that!
> Purple carrots would take some adjustment, for sure, but I'm game to try
> anything, just tell me what to try!  I love carrots!
>
> Bev, who ordered the carrots and other seeds today
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