Leggy carrots

[greasyfire]

This is the first time i am groing carrots and i had bought som seedlings and put them in a plastic container full of the and let them work the magic, i watered them and did evrything as normal but now they are very leggy and some are dying offf. Can anyone tell me whats wrong and how can i help them.

[maypril]

There's not enough light for them at the moment. The earliest I sow carrots is late February. If yours were bought as seedlings then they were probably sown in January. They need light to prosper and the days are still too short.

[Two_Sheds]

Greasyfire, where do you buy your seedlings? I remember you had some mystery beans recently, how did they get on?

Carrots don't like being moved... they like to be sown where they are to grow* (in April when the soil is warmer). I'd be asking for a refund.

* unless you start them in something long like loo rolls or roottrainers

[rustylady]

Carrots don't transplant well, so I can't understand why people are selling them as seedlings. Where on earth did you get them from?

[greasyfire]

I am ashamed to say but, i got them from the pound shop but it was a one off i swear.

[piskieinboots]

see we all learn something every day - I have never seen carrot seedlings for sale

[Two_Sheds]

I've never seen carrot seedlings in a pound shop.
I've never seen carrot seedlings on sale, full stop.

Are you having us on?

[zazen999]

I've not seen seedlings at all in a pound shop - in fact at the moment; trying to find any veg seedlings in nurseries or garden centres is an impossible task; they are all just being sown [not that I want any, I just like looking]...

[Cosmo and Dibs]

I saw carrot seedlings on sale in Homebase last summer.......

[piskieinboots]

I saw carrot seedlings on sale in Homebase last summer.......

Good grief - how do they get away with that one!

[Florence Fennel]

Did you maybe buy the seeds in the Poundshop and sowed them in your plastic container to get the seedlings which are now leggy? I can't get my head round this one, but like the others have said, wait a bit longer and sow a packet of seeds where they are to grow.

[piskieinboots]

I'm struggling with 'leggy' carrots - are you sure they are carrots that you have?