How I’m sowing & growing carrots for winter and autumn
Vložit
- čas přidán 28. 05. 2024
- Here's my full carrot growing guide: steverichards.notion.site/How...
You can find out more about my free newsletter here: steverichards.substack.com
If you’d like to explore more then I have loads of great resources for you, including hundreds of extra videos, my comprehensive gardening ebook, my gardening app, data on everything I grow and when I grow it and so much more. Everything I do is free to use, but not to create!
For my whole ebook/course go here: steverichards.notion.site/Gar...
For my Amazon store go here: www.amazon.co.uk/shop/stevess...
For reference information on what to do each month and what I actually do, go here: steverichards.notion.site/Ref...
For my gardening apps go here: steves.seasidelife.com/2020/0...
For polytunnel and greenhouse growing: steverichards.notion.site/Pol...
For my year round growing guides: steverichards.notion.site/Yea...
For my guides to individual veggies: steverichards.notion.site/Ind...
For my 8 step guide to self sufficiency: steverichards.notion.site/8-S...
For my gardening basics course: steverichards.notion.site/The...
For info on harvesting: steverichards.notion.site/Har...
For my FAQ document and video: steves.seasidelife.com/2020/0...
My books and videos are all grounded in what I actually do, I make sure you can see the evidence. For example if I suggest sowing carrots in November, take a look at my monthly tours to see them growing and my harvest videos for May to see the actual results. I'm not just about regurgitaing information from the backs of seed packets!
Just because all my resources are 'free of charge', to everyone, doesn't mean they aren't good quality. My objective is to make sure that there's no need to be rich to get access to great gardening information. I do however have a lot of costs to cover and my time is valuable to me, so please consider supporting me at www.buymeacoffee.com/steveric...
I’m sorry if you are repeating information but I wondered which reliable long range weather website you use. It looks really easy to understand and growing is all about the conditions.
see this video czcams.com/video/Q2PR4s6nYkI/video.html
How wonderful to have such a big bed just for carrots. My history of germinating them has been dire but this year I stsrted in tubs in the polytunnel, with cardboard on top . Pretty good success and today I am doing another 4 tubs. Not sure about sitting them indoors for long though.
Tubs are great if you struggle otherwise Lynn, after last years slug problems I'm doing a few extra tubs in June as a hedge, slugs aren't much of an issue for cooking carrots, but for salads I like them to look perfect : All the best - Steve
@@SteveRichards oh, a hedge? Good idea.
@@SteveRichards so, can I sow all through June? I know carrots are cheap to but but not organic ones and we probably get through 20 a week at least for all sorts including all soups, stews, lasagna, shephards pie, oh gosh...most meals. So, buying 20 to 30 organic carrots each week could be £4 to £6 and that makes them look more on the luxury side doesn't it?
@lynnpurfield9430 I’ve no idea about the price, I’ve only bought carrots once in the last 7 years and I eat them every day. Yes, you can sow them into early July, but the later you going the smaller they will be of course
A hedge as in a hedge fund, ie just in case I have problems with my main crop
good show, cheers Steve
Tell us about the net You use, it looks elastic?
It’s called envirotect it’s my favourite all purpose net
Thanks for the video Steve, and perfect timing as I’m sowing mine too. How late is too late for a winter sowing, in your opinion? I’m sowing pelleted Dolciva carrots and they are germinating brilliantly. I’m also trying non-pelleted Bolero so will see how they do. Both are supposed to be good storage varieties.
I'd not want to wait much longer than mid June Sam, you can sow carrots in July without a problem and they will be lovely going into winter, but they will probably be a bit small to hold well into spring : All the best - Steve
I haven’t tried pelleted carrot seed, though I love pelleted lettuce seed. I never have any trouble germinating carrots but I despise thinning them and the pelleted seed could be a solution.
if you get fresh seed and they germinate well then it's very convenient, but pelleted seed doesn't last long so once I open a packet I share the spares with my neighbours : All the best - Steve
Hi Steve! I was wondering why you cut the tops off those carrots in the beginning? Did you cut them only to interplant with other stuff? Will the carrots over winter like this? Thanks for all your tips!
Yes, it’s all explained in the chapter on growing carrots that’s linked in the description. As I said in the video I cut the tops off in November, this reduces slugs, makes space for lettuces between the carrots, allows the carrots to be covered to prevent freezing. The carrots are perfectly happy, they regrow their tops enough to keep them very fresh tasting
@@SteveRichards thanks Steve
Will they store in the ground for up to 6 months then? Thanks
Yes, they are ready for harvest in November, ideally after the first frost and we finished harvesting them in late April. You can probably pick them well before November, but we pick from our autumn bed until then
Steve. Where do you get your pelleted Carrot seed.
Moles usually
Thanks Steve.
Did you put down slug pellets to protect the young seedlings?
I did in the big bed, not in the small bed, hence the losses : All the best - Steve
@@SteveRichards all this rain has created a huge slug army over here
@megaman2016 yes, last year was a battle, this year it’s war, very challenging
Hi Steve I like the way u sow the carrot seeds i will try it, never seen carrot pellets before ,what is that blue coating on them are they organic ,also what kind of slug pellets do you use , my mate has started using the wool ones , he seems happy with them at the moment but they are rather expensive
@Gary-so5un I don’t know about the pellets, they are just the organic ones, I bought my bottle years ago and haven’t run out yet. I don’t buy organic seeds, not sure what the coating is, some sort of mineral powder
Where were the seeds from?
Moles Sam : All the best - Steve
I use Mercurio from the same company. I have to say I plant my drills 6 inches apart. I do not understand why you inter-plant when another row can be installed but each to their own. I find pelleted seed brilliant in cutting down the work. I also find germination is about 85%....easy to drop in another seed in the gaps. A shout for "Moles Seeds" perhaps.
I'm not sure what you mean when you say you don't understand why I interplant, what is it that you don't understand?
@@SteveRichards Plant another row of carrots instead of interplant
@AliCousins-uu8xm that’s doesn’t work for me, then get more carrots than I need and loose out on ten rows of lettuce in spring, which I do need. Carrots being a much lower value crop than lettuce too
@@SteveRichards Steve you lose nothing. If the carrots are 6 inches apart you only use half the bed. What you plant in the other half is up to you. If you plant lettuce they will be done and gone allowing a third crop in the lettuce area while the carrot is still growing to maturity.
I’m sorry but I’m totally confused, do you for some reason think I’m planting 12” between rows and planting lettuce at the same time as the carrots??