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Post by castanea on Oct 18, 2010 1:03:56 GMT -5
Does anyone know of a source for seed of this carrot in the US?
Thanks
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Post by mnjrutherford on Oct 18, 2010 9:40:31 GMT -5
I sure don't but I've been looking for the same thing! I haven't had much luck with carrots here...
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Post by canadamike on Oct 18, 2010 21:24:39 GMT -5
I had about 2ounces of them but they were stolen from me this summer. However, I distributed them to many folks here in the last 2 years. As they are an absolute delight to eat and make quite a splash in a plate of ''crudités'' or raw vegetables, I intend to order them again this winter from Thomas Etty in the UK.
Maybe one of our friends in the UK could act as a relay here. They do ship to Canada but not the US. It is however a long process, I have to send money electronicaly there and it is costly for a small order.
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Post by blueadzuki on Oct 18, 2010 21:56:19 GMT -5
on a related note, has anyone in this group tried out the De Djerba carrot? That's also a black carrot (well 1/4 of them are) Kokopelli sometimes has that one, if anyone is planning to do an order to them.
Finally there is a person who has been posting on the Seed Savers Forum (Just becuse I don't approve of what SSE has done recently does not mean that I think that the forum shoud be spurned) who has been offering around seed for Turkish Black carrots. There is a cath with this offer though, it sound like the person is only interested in sharing out seed to people who he or she thinks have a good chance of being able to bring the carrots full cycle and send seed back to him/her.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Oct 19, 2010 16:54:10 GMT -5
. There is a cath with this offer though, it sound like the person is only interested in sharing out seed to people who he or she thinks have a good chance of being able to bring the carrots full cycle and send seed back to him/her. Making a return of seed a caveat of a trade doesn't sound like a bad deal. I would go for it except that I haven't gotten carrots to go full season here yet. |
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Post by canadamike on Oct 19, 2010 20:08:47 GMT -5
A lot of those Middle East carrots are actually annuals. Since saving seeds of biennial carrots around here is impossible without nets, given the omni-presence of the wild carrot, I had hope about them, until careful observation this summer made me realize there was always some tertiary wild carrot florets even up to September. Not as numerous nor as easy to see, but nevertheless enough to wreak havoc.
There is no Djerba carrot on Kokopelli listing this year, I jut checked.
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Post by blueadzuki on Oct 19, 2010 20:59:59 GMT -5
There is no Djerba carrot on Kokopelli listing this year, I jut checked. Hmm must have dropped it. I won't claim to be suprised it's been x out (not available) more often than not ever since I first found the Kokopelli catalogue. It seem to be on the list here, but this may be an old catalouge page www.kokopelli.asso.fr/boutic/bou_list.cgi?pg=1&codefam=car&codesfam=car&lang=EN mnjrutherford, I never said I thought the deal wasn't fair, I have no real problem with sending some seed back to the orginal seller, that's not all that much different than sharing out seed to anyone else. waht I wanted to warn about was that the seller only really wants to send seed out to people whom they feel are in the right area to propigate it, basically unless you can prove in advance that the climate around you is analagous to that of Asia Minor, it sounds like its a no-go with regards to getting a portion. |
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Post by canadamike on Oct 19, 2010 21:57:32 GMT -5
You are right, it is an old page. I will look it up with them.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Oct 20, 2010 7:42:08 GMT -5
mnjrutherford, I never said I thought the deal wasn't fair, I have no real problem with sending some seed back to the orginal seller, that's not all that much different than sharing out seed to anyone else. waht I wanted to warn about was that the seller only really wants to send seed out to people whom they feel are in the right area to propigate it, basically unless you can prove in advance that the climate around you is analagous to that of Asia Minor, it sounds like its a no-go with regards to getting a portion. I apologize! I worded that poorly. The message I was looking to convey was that even though I think I would be eligible to trade, climate wise, my soil issues prevent me from following up and requesting seed from this person. |
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Post by wildseed57 on Oct 24, 2010 21:39:02 GMT -5
I would love trying to grow some, but I highly doubt that I could get one to over winter and make seeds. I would have to watch my grand daughters like a hawk because they like the different colored type carrots over the plain orange ones, especially my youngest grand daughter as she just can't wait to harvest them and usually pulls a lot of them up before they are ready. i will have to look around and see if any one has seeds for sell in the US.
George W.
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Post by castanea on Oct 26, 2010 23:24:54 GMT -5
Visited the Portland, Oregon farmers market last weekend and found a guy selling 4 or 5 different types of black/purple carrots. I had heard of purple dragon and purple haze but not the others. I wanted to ask for details but he was too busy to talk. So if someone visits that market I would love to know where he got the seed for his other purples. One of them was almost pure black.
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Post by ottawagardener on Oct 27, 2010 8:39:09 GMT -5
Did you consider buying some for seed? I have done that before though I suppose if it's not what you're looking for, you're just stuck with a lot of seed.  |
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Post by castanea on Oct 27, 2010 20:53:47 GMT -5
Did you consider buying some for seed? I have done that before though I suppose if it's not what you're looking for, you're just stuck with a lot of seed. I've tried that before with other carrots with mixed results but it wasn't possible with these carrots. He pruned all of them heavily, not sure why. I am a litlle suspicious that he doesn't want anyone else to grow his varieties. |
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Post by paquebot on Oct 27, 2010 22:25:32 GMT -5
Wintering over carrots is easy here. Just store them in sawdust or sand and replant them in the spring. Since they normally are biennial, they need a dormant period to start growing again.
Also, close pruning of tops should not affect them unless there is no sign of the top at all. As long as the growth whorl is still there, they will resume growth.
Martin
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Post by castanea on Jan 13, 2011 0:49:06 GMT -5
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