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how to fix these common carrot growing problems 🥕
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I just harvested over 10 pounds of carrots from my garden this week. Correction: My kids harvested over 10 pounds of carrots. They were only supposed to pick a few for dinner and the following day's lunch, and before I knew it, they got overzealous and picked almost the entire bed! I was in the middle of cooking and had no room in the kitchen to wash and prep them, so I did what any reasonable person would do: I filled the bathtub with water and dumped all the carrots in there until I could deal with them the next day. 🤣 (This is how I store carrots for 6 months without a root cellar—so easy!—and this is what I make with all the carrot tops. Don't toss those greens!) I don't know what changed this season, but this was one of our best carrot harvests to date, even though we picked them a bit earlier than I normally like to. (I tend to wait until after the first few frosts for a summer-planted crop—here's why.) Usually I get an odd-shaped carrot here and there or a few that never make it to full size despite growing for a solid three months. They're just two of several weird issues that often plague carrots, and I don't think I'm the only one who's experienced them. Have you had less-than-stellar carrot harvests? These are 9 of the most common problems that affect carrots, and what you can do to fix them. (And no, not having space and instead using the bathtub is not one of them. 😂) P.S. How to fix 9 common carrot-growing problems (and keep them from happening again). P.P.S. Are you drowning in delicious harvests from your garden right now? Learn how to store all your produce properly (whether it's homegrown or store-bought) so it doesn't go bad!
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Garden Betty
For people who want to grow more food with less work. 🌱 This is my weekly newsletter loved by 38,000+ subscribers—here's what one of them had to say: "These are not the regular run-of-the-mill garden-based emails. You actually touch on more unusual tidbits that encourage me to keep growing and learning."