Carrot Update - July 11, 2011

July 11th Update -

We have been pretty busy about the house with everything except the update of the garden and this blog. Just wanted to give a quick update on the carrots ... there is no update. The seedlings popped up and quickly died.

I have on my calender to plant some more carrot seeds this week. I think what I am going to do is prepare a little better plot using compost to make sure that the seeds take. I also will start this planting in my special biodegradable planting pots (i.e. toilet paper rolls) and then transfer them when they have a good foothold. I have read that carrots don't transplant well but we will have to see since I will be just putting the whole thing in the ground.

Joe Delk

Danvers Carrots Update

June 28, 2011 -

Came home to find another carrot had poked its head up. That is three now that have surfaced. Hope the others come up soon.

Danvers Half Long Carrots

June 27, 2011 - The first 2 seedlings poked their heads up today. This is very exciting since it has been a long time since I have grown carrots. I will be checking the progress on these guys the rest of the week. Hopefully, they will all be up by Friday. You will have to look really close in the picture below but you can see the little green shoot popping up. I plan on planting another row in about two weeks.

Danvers #126 Poking through

June 20, 2011 - Sowed one row of Danver's #126 Carrots. Planted one row of these to try. Andy helped on these. Dug a thin line about 3/16" deep and laid out 15 seeds spaced 2" apart. Lightly covered with soil and applied then spray of water of them to keep them moist for germination. Package says germination should happen in 8-12 days. So I should see some by July 2nd.