Will My Carrot Plugs Work?

[RobintheBobin]

Before anyone rolls their eyes and goes "I can't believe she actually spent good money on carrot plugs after all that kerfuffle in the news, crazy woman that she is" I was given these free and free is always good

I am now an owner of approximately 60+ Early Nantes carrot plugs but I was always under the impression that carrots hate being transplanted. Will these work? Is there a particular technique I could use to get them into the ground?

I thought I may as well give them a go as my carrot seeds in the lottie are still warm and toasty under the soil and earlier carrots have to be a good thing...maybe!

Thanks Grapes

[Bigmallly]

What I have done with both carrots & P****ps is bored a 12" hole in the beds with an old piece of 2.5" plastic drain pipe (this pulls a plug of soil out), filled the holes with seived compost & put the plugs/ loo rolls into the holes.

[COMPOST CORNER]

No harm in trying, I always reckon a forked carrot is still edible, not that my carrots ever germinate

[piskieinboots]

Free is good - bung 'em in

[RobintheBobin]

Yeah I think I will - at least it will look like something is growing in my new lottie

I was also given free onions and will use those to line my flower beds as no more space for those on the plot - can never have enough onions!

[bobleponge]

Get em in the deck.
They dont really like being transplanted apparently, some of mine are also grown early in loo rolls and then transplanted out (not really transplanted I guess) but even if they fork.... so what? You arent growing them to show I guess, just to eat.

[RobintheBobin]

I didn't know they forked when transplanted, I thought they keeled over and died - now I know it is a lot less dramatic I don't mind so much as they all taste the same weird, rude and normal carrots alike