Pathetic Carrots

[Marb67]

Aaaaaaaand again years and years on I can't get a single carrot harvest after healthy sowing in a seed tray transplanted to the soil. Thin, wispy nothingness. So far I gave tried growing in 3 different gardens with the same results. And no, there was no carrot fly.

I give up

[ameno]

Probably too close to other plants or not enough light. I notice what looks like raspberries in the background there. Those things' roots get everywhere.
I used to try and grow carrots in little patches of soil in semi-shade like you are doing, and never had any luck. Since I started growing them in rows in open ground in full sun, they do far better.

[Marb67]

Those aren't raspberries, they are Crocosmia. The soil is open to sunlight. I just find them impossible to grow. Ditto for radish and beetroot.

[Snoop Puss]

Transplanting carrots supposedly works, but goodness knows for whom. I reckon it's a gardening myth. And a cruel one too, because it just sets us all up for failure and feeling like failures.

Your best bet, Marb, is to sow direct and water gently like a dew every day for about four weeks. If you've had no germination by then, start again.

[Marb67]

I find if I sow direct they have even less chance of surviving due to pests etc. Its been a terrible year for me as so much has failed including no show seeds and many non flowering plants.