Monday, May 27, 2013

Deformed Carrots

These carrots had a very hard life! They are gnarly and full of cracks.

What do you think caused it? I have my ideas but what are yours?
And no...they aren't my carrots.

3 comments:

VannBed44 said...

Too much nitrogen in the soil?

VannBed44 said...

Too much nitrogen in the soil?

VickiBed41 said...

No, it was a combination of factors.

The carrots weren't thinned when they were young. Then, they got pulled up when they were still scrawny and then replanted.

They weren't watered enough (which is where the splitting came in) and I think they hit hard objects in the bed which caused twisting and turning.