Carrots "now"

[pigletwillie]

If you have a biggish pot, try filling it with some fresh compost and sowing a few carrot seeds on top and cover with a sprinkling of compost.

Water well and pop into an unheated greenhouse or tunnel or failing that a sheltered part of the garden near to the house (the house will keep the temp up a degree or two) and wait to sprout. Thin out in March and eat finger carrots in April and May. To help keep up the temp you can put a clear polythene bag over the top but do put a couple of small airholes in for ventilation.

Its a gamble but with a mild winter pays off quite handsomely.

[lozza_9]

might give that a try

cheers
Loz

[Alice]

Thanks Piglet, I'll be doing some the first fine day. My carrots in pots were just great in the summer so intend to keep on with that method as I have no ground suitable for carrots.

[JennieAtkinson]

I'm still digging up carrots that I stored in the ground. Lost a few to some chompers, but not bad. (Scored some very good brownie points when friends came for dinner last night and we had fresh carrots!)
Will give a go PW but perhaps not just yet!

[pigletwillie]

Not enough light up there yet I should imagine.

[Alison]

What's daylight? Don't seem to have had any recently!

[JennieAtkinson]

Dayllight ??????????? We had the lights on all day yesterday it was very dark. Been a bit better today (light wise) but howling gale and driving rain. Oh well.

[Weavie]

Hi PW - If you really think this works I'll sow some carrots tomorrow, I've bought the round ones purely for putting in pots in unheated g/h. Didn't dream I could get them in this early, Thanks!

[pigletwillie]

Its worth the gamble, if it goes tits up you have only lost a pinch of seed.

[Weavie]

..and if it works it'll be "bottoms up". I'll let you know.

[PAULW]

FROM T&M I SOWED THESE IN THE GROUND IN NOVEMBER LOOKING GOOD

: A Carrot : Nantes Frubund : Fast Crop
Vegetable
Highly commended by the Royal Horticultural Society, UK. It is the first genuine autumn sowing carrot, exceptionally early and cold resistant. It will give you carrots in your garden in the spring when nobody else has them and when they are fetching high prices in the shops. A very important autumn sowing vegetable breakthrough.

[raine]

Brilliant idea- it will give me something practical to do instead of all this daydreaming. I'll definitely give it a go!
raine

[Weavie]

That's amazing! Hopefully no carrot fly??

[Bex]

I've sprinkled a few carrot seeds into a deep pot and put on south facing window sill. Not sure there is enough light here yet though but fingers crossed.

[pigletwillie]

See, It works !!!

These beauties were harvested today from barrels that were sown in October and overwintered in a sheltered place.

See, it works.