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Carrot germination refinement continues

3 Apr 201629 Jul 2010 by Mike (tfb)
Dense carrot germination from Earthway seeder

Another successful carrot germination event, with trusty, open-pollinated, heirloom Touchon, and our latest refinement in cover. Although this landscape fabric looks like the stuff we…

Categories Veggies, Farm lab (research!), Seed & Seedlings, Animals, Fieldwork, Tools Tags seed, heirloom, thinning, seeder, carrot, Summer 50 Comments

Carrot-burlap method gets a twist

19 Dec 202110 Jul 2009 by Mike (tfb)

…in place of burlap to help carrot seed germination. It’s actually a double experiment, because one of the beds is green onions. The burlap method…

Categories Veggies, Farm lab (research!), Seed & Seedlings, People, Fieldwork, Tools Tags mulch, rocks, wind, Andrea M, labor-intensive, carrot, green onion, germination, burlap, Summer 20 Comments

Carrots like burlap!

14 Feb 20139 May 2007 by Mike (tfb)

The carrot germination experiment worked like a…charm! They were coming up pretty good three days ago, conditions looked great under there (moist, airy, seedlings nice…

Categories Veggies, Seed & Seedlings, Fieldwork Tags irrigation, weeding, germination, burlap, experiments, techniques, seedlings, carrot, Spring 3 Comments

Carrots, once they get started…

28 Jul 202418 May 2024 by Mike (tfb)
Carrots emerging

These carrots started coming up a few days ago, uncovered! It’s not surprising given the cloudy, warm and fairly wet weather, perfect for getting carrot…

Categories 2024 from the start, Veggies, Farm lab (research!), Seed & Seedlings Tags seedlings, carrot, Spring Leave a comment

Carrot science

27 Apr 200825 Apr 2007 by Mike (tfb)

…mulch will create extra heat to speed germination, and suppress weeds that need light to start (carrots don’t). You should get germination in around 7…

Categories Veggies, Fieldwork, Tools Tags germination, burlap, experiments, mulch, techniques, carrot, Spring 21 Comments

Purple Haze

26 Apr 202313 Aug 2007 by Mike (tfb)
Purple Haze carrot

…a purple carrot? Steve Mudge I kinda think they’re cool looking…one vote for purple carrots! Matron Those carrots look wonderful! I was reading that carrots…

Categories Veggies, Harvest Tags carrot, Summer 18 Comments

Well-thinned carrots, growing well!

11 Dec 20114 Oct 2011 by Mike (tfb)
Touchon carrots

…clay pellets make spacing the carrots quite easy, and germination is very good. We do lots of carrots in our market garden and this has…

Categories Veggies, Fieldwork, Weather Tags thinning, yield, seeder, Planet Jr., carrot, Earthway, Autumn 14 Comments
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