A fine bunch of nice fat carrots! Growing decent carrots has been a bane in my “farming” career. Always spindly with tiny roots. Not this time!

My name is Bluewing and I have done this! (finally)

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      I came here to say sand! Mix it 50/50 with super hot compost and let her rip. I am curious why they’ve harvested carrots so early though, even in Maine we have 2 months of growing left for tubers. Hell I over wintered some carrots last year and they are sweeter than you would believe!

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        2 months left? I am in west maybe 600 miles or so, and our growing season ends much sooner than that. Last year especially. And we are sheltered by the lakes that moderate the extremes.

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          Carrots grow right up to a hard frost, them go dormant. I suppose the Maine Coast is technically zone 6a, so take that as you will. I won’t harvest my carrots until Thanksgiving