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Just want to show off my very first carrot harvest
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Just want to show off my very first carrot harvest

This was my first time trying carrots so my expectations were low as they’re infamously underwhelming sometimes 😂. Very happy with this, definitely learned a lot and need to thin better, also we harvested about 3 weeks past the 70 days 😬. Pulling them up and seeing what they looked like was as my wife put it “better than fishing”.

We used a mix of Walmart expert gardener soil and a high quality very light blend from our greenhouse (idk the name but it’s from Canada and you have to go through a dealer), this specialty blend was the key to success as it stays very loose and allowing the carrot to grow.

We’re going to do 3 beds (this was one 5’x3’) for the fall crop. Can’t wait to see when we apply everything we’ve learned.

Happy gardening and bountiful harvests to you all!💚

Close up pic is of the carrot within another

by The_GreenChemist

19 Comments

  3. TarynHK

    They look lovely! Did you use gloves to pull them out? I’ve heard the greens can cause burns.

  4. corriejude

    Love it!! I planted carrots for the first time this year too and I gotta be honest, harvesting them was a lot more of a high than I expected 😂 planning on planting out for a fall harvest here soon!

  5. Elle0501

    Beautiful! How do they taste? Better than grocery store carrots? 😉

  6. Deadphans

    Great job. I think I know what I need to do differently.

    My carrots looked crooked and horrible and at least green for half of it.

    I believe my soil was not fine enough and I should have e covered the shoulders when they popped above the soil.

    Does that sound right to you?

  10. feilcabinet

    This is inspiring me to plant carrots next year; these look gorgeous!

  12. thumpersdad

    did you grow from seed? if so, how many seeds would you say yielded this? awesome job!!!

  13. louisalollig

    I love all the different colors!
    Something I love about growing things myself is that I was able to order all these different seeds (including various colors of carrots) that I have never tried before and can’t buy in the grocery store anywhere. I also ordered like 5 different colors and types of tomatoes that I’m very excited to grow

  14. emmas-worlds

    The mutant carrot twin is absolutely incredible hahah I would have to preserve it somehow, I’d feel bad eating it

  16. Signal_Error_8027

    That’s a very nice carrot harvest, especially for the first time! The multicolor carrots are a lot of fun, because it’s kind of like a kid on christmas finding out what color the carrot ended up being. I use the harlequin mix from Renees, and as long as I wait long enough I get a pretty good crop out of them.

    The purple ones are great mixed in a slaw for a little extra color, too.

  19. Which-Confection5167

    Well done! How deep was the soil, this was in a raised bed? What seeds did you use? I’m near Ottawa and have some rainbows and nantes growing in a raised bed right now, no where near ready for harvest though. I used ecomene and McKenzie seeds

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