How to Grow Carrots from Seed to Harvest
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- In this video I will show you everything you need to know to grow lots of big sweet organic carrots at home. I'll also give you tips for better and faster germination.
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I was in awe of my grandmother’s garden. My dad told us how their family would have starved had it not been for her garden.
I was raised by depression era folks and boomers (I’m 43 adopted) and gardening and growing food was everything. Harvesting was a holiday.
One night while I was sitting watching TV i took strips of bathroom tissue and put dots of white glue about 2 inches apart and put two carrots seeds in each dot and before I knew it i had made my own planting strips. Worked great!
I used a similar method, and this was the first year I was successful at growing carrots. Unfortunately, many were planted too close and in a bed with beets that towered them, and I did not thin in time, so I had a variety of sizes. Still, I was happy that any grew at all.
Also, I tried making pesto with carrot tops using a 5 star recipe online. I found it bitter, so I grabbed some leaves from my small basil plant to throw in, and just that little bit made the difference for me. 😋 I had one meal with it then froze the rest in serving portions.
Carrot tops are full of vitamins, so I didn't want to waste them. You can put them in soups and broth, too!
I dehydrate mine and ground into powder. It goes in my 'greens powder' jar
Brian I’m NE Ohio. I planted carrots, seeds covered with pine mulch - 10 days, I’ve got baby carrots- thanks for the mulch tip, worked great!
out doors in the cold?
I use cardboard to keep my carrot seeds moist. I also was influenced by my grandfather’s garden when I was a young child. He even gave me a little space to grow my own veggies.
hi mike, how do you use cardboard for your carrots, i'm curious. i love using cardboard in my garden, just wanted to see your method! (:
Yes mike show us please
Your wood topper works and I was happy to learn it!!! I always struggled to get the carrots to germinate.
That's so sweet that you are nostalgic about gardening with your grandparents as a small child. I wish I had that experience! My cousin who is two years older than me is the only one of us that remembers our grandparents.
My grandparents had a huge garden, along with chickens and at least one turkey a year. My cousin told me that the only thing he remembers is being in the garden with our grandfather.
I'm very fortunate! My wife had your experience
@@NextLevelGardening At some point I realized my mother and my aunts had it SO much worse than me. I thought it was so awful that I never knew ANY of my 4 grandparents. My mom lost her mother 3 months after I was born, and she lost her father right before my brother was born less than a year later! Your wife can REALLY relate to what my mom went through as she is a mother as well.
I’ve presprouted parsley, carrots and parsnips using boiling water, too. Then I pick put the sprouted ones with tweezers and plant them. Since I’m a square foot gardener it really helps to know I’ll be getting something out of that specific spot.
Thanks for the tip about pine shavings! I have chickens so I keep bags ok pine shavings on hand.
This is the first year I’ve been successful growing carrots thanks to your tips! Thanks for suggesting I use the board method. Worked great:) now I’ll try getting seeds:) for next year:)
You shared the bonus tip in a previous video. We used the paper plate/freezer tip with great success! Will be expanding out carrot bed this fall. Thanks for all you share and do!
I've had my carrot seed packages out for a few days, planning to try again after a sad last attempt at germination. I'm totally trying this freezer method today! And thanks for the tip about less nitrogen...I think I've been over-doing that by planting in compost. Good info on a difficult crop.
Too too cool Brian. I gave up on carrots years ago. Definitely giving them another try next spring.
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Just remember that you eat the "root." Re-using the shoulder and greens put into a glass with water will allow the carrot to start regrowing another root from the shoulder ... and save time of growing from seeds to mature plant. You can continue to keep growing carrots all year round - and save the seeds (allowed to go to seed) ... and have so many carrots and carrot juice to use.
Awesome suggestion!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I cover mine with a tulle cloth when I do my second planting in August (zone 7b - central NC). This keeps them moist and moderates the extreme summer sun until they sprout.
I have a solitary bee nest and the bees love carrot flowers so I just grow carrots for the bees.
My bees love California poppies. So they have their own big patch. I love looking at the patch all in bloom and absolutely alive with bees crawling all over the flowers. It's a beautiful sight 💖
Thanks Brian!🤗💕🤗
This is a very thorough video 👌🏼👌🏼 I really like these videos about individual plants cause they're great to come back to when I have to grow them.
I am a serially negligent sprout thinner, so must pay a little bit extra for pelleted seeds and sow using 1" mesh as a guide. No thinning! Much smaller selection of varieties to choose from and more critical to keep seedbed moist but I get a good consistent crop that stores til March so all's well that ends well!
Brian, another excellent video. I haven't grown carrots for a few years, but I almost have my raised bed ready for them. My last crop was in a container with amazing results. Hope to do that again with beets and a few other things. Thanks again.
So I've done two batches this year and they do just fine being covered by a light layer of soil. I will say use potting mix or peat moss on the top layer.
I learned a trick to make a cornstarch gel for carrot (or other small seeds). Mix cornstarch with cold water and heat in a pan until thick. Cool off gel. Put in baggie so you can see seeds in the baggie. Then you can see how many seeds you are putting down. I def covered my seeds with damp cardboard. Carrots love fluffy dirt to grow straight and not too fat! I prefer to grow in a container or resin barrel like from HD with holes drilled in the bottom.
Hey Brian, I love watching all your informative videos, ive learnt so much from you and a few other youtubers and I can not wait for Aussie spring I'm all set thanks to you, it can sometimes get a little confusing because of the season difference but I go back in time to get all the tips from your past videos. keep the videos rolling 👍👌
Thank you!
pine bedding leaves for mulch
keep leaves short
soil stays moist
plant thyme and chives nearby to detract lace larvae
Thank you so much for a wonderful video and some great insight on how to grow carrots. I grow a lot of carrots in my yard along with quite a few plants you were talking about in the video. Also, thank you for so much. Great information on companion planting. Hugs and kisses from grandma, Sandy and Debbie.
I HATE thinning carrots, so I place them 1” apart in a 3’ length of toilet paper, mist the tp to keep the seeds in place and place them in a drill cover with soil and water. I’ve done this 2 years in a row now and they have pretty much all come out and grow strong. No thinning!!!
Thanks for this video. I have never been able to grow carrots. I got a container brand and they are growing in there. But i want to try this freezer method. Thank you again!
here we Go! first time gardening threw em into a pot!
Love your instructional videos they are outstanding
Great video! Full of that oh so wonderful information that I love.
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Such great information! Thanks!❤
Thank you Brian. 🌺💚🙃
This is super helpful - thanks!
Great trick with the wood
Brian you need to put Canterbury bells in your cottage garden.
Hope your safe from tropical storm headed your way
Carrots were moved to the East side of my apartment and they are still alive. Don't know if they will have any size, but last year I had them on the South side and almost under a bush so they only go the same amount of Sun as this year. Will see. What carrots I have pulled are small.
I hope the family of bunnies in my yard were making notes of this, because they are the ones who end up eating all the carrots
Can I use cedar shavings ( bedding ) for this? as I don't have pine to use.
So I can use pine shavings for like a hamster cage for covering my carrots or other vegetables
Thank you for this great information. Carrots are one of my fall garden plant's. The thing I always have a hard time with is how deep the dirt should be. Any hints?
About 6 inches deeper than the length of the carrot. I have an 18 inch deep garden bed. I get super long carrots
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Thank you
00:01 Learn how to grow carrots from seed to harvest
01:07 Tips for keeping carrot seeds moist in dry climates
02:08 Monitor seed sprouting and remove wood cover when 50% of seeds have sprouted.
03:07 Thin the carrot seedlings to ensure proper spacing.
04:06 Growing carrots requires keeping them moist and checking their size before harvesting.
05:13 Companion planting can benefit carrot growth and protect against pests.
06:19 Pre-sprouting carrots by tricking them into thinking they've had a winter
07:12 Cover carrot seeds lightly and keep well watered until sprouts emerge.
When you say to put pine shavings over them, is that after you take the board off? Or were you saying plant the seeds and put pine shavings over them and let them grow through it?
Can you use different kinds of wood shavings? I have a ton of white oak shavings
I never have a problem with germination. I can't grow actual carrots, though, and that's despite not using nitrogen friendly anything or having dense soil.
I'm new to gardening and my biggest concern are ants and other insects, do you guys have a tip that I can use to avoid a war crime in my carrots?
Should you fertilize your garden once a week. We have liquid rose and garden. From neptunes harvest. He starts out when growing with the fish and when they start blooming goes to the rose. Didn't know if they need it that often.
I do it every 2 to 3 weeks
Can u grow thinned carrot in water or some growing liquid
I found that my transplanted seedling did better than direct sowed ones. The direct sowed ones' foliage have not gotten any bigger than about 1-2 inches long even though they did germinate well under some straw.
Man, did I learn that carrots do crazy things in high nitrogen soil! Last fall I topped all my beds with well-aged cow manure.......
Could I use a warming pad @75degrees and a Viper Spectre grow light? Thanks!
Pre-sprouting the carrot seeds sounds like a great idea. Where do you find the wood shavings?
Don't know where you live. In my rural area you can buy compressed shavings - looks like a small haystack - from our local Co-op. Generally they are used for horse bedding. I use them for cat litter (remove the feces and add it to your compost. Starting in the spring I spread my along the borders of my veg garden to deter the rabbits. Be careful when you split the plastic - they will sort of pop out from being compressed. I open them over a large garbage container. They're great at absorbing all kinds of liquid spills too 😀
@@pjsviking Thanks for the information. I live in the SFBay area--suburban, but there are rural areas where folks have horses not that far from me. I'll check some pet stores, too. I've used cleaned, compressed straw for mulch. I know what you mean about compressed contents popping out of plastic wrappings!
This has nothing to do with carrots but I love in Pennsylvania in zone 6 are there dwarf fruit trees and can I grow them here and in containers?
You put them outside in the shade in the ziplock bag?
Is there a video for carrots if you know nothing. This is a good video but there are things missing. I don’t understand being told directing in the ground and then watching you put them in freezer. You spoke about spring and fall. When do you plant the freezer ones?
Cannot get any root crops this year. Have planted several times. Frustrating. Tops no roots.
What does it mean when your carrots are really hairy, or covered in tiny roots?
Too much nitrogen. ie. Manure
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