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Post by diane on Sept 1, 2013 21:32:30 GMT -5
 Attachment DeletedThe picture on the left is not a bunch of carrots, but one carrot with lots of smaller carrots coming out of the main root. Not mine, but a friend's friend, who asked me why. I have never seen such a thing before. I've read about fresh manure causing forking, or was it stones that do it? And so odd to have them all weird. The other photo disappeared, but there was a table full of odd carrots that were each different - for example, a triple (all three roots the same size, and all the normal size), various ones completely twisted around others. |
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Post by richardw on Sept 2, 2013 13:08:22 GMT -5
Interesting how some of the roots have gone out sideways instead of downwards
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Post by trixtrax on Nov 6, 2013 1:04:11 GMT -5
It is curious that it looks like a clump of growth points, almost as if it was perennial. Maybe it is a throwback to older genetics? Anthriscus sylvestris looks very similar. Intriguing
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Post by nicollas on Nov 6, 2013 11:09:06 GMT -5
IT would be awesome if this carrot could be propagated like skirret  What appened to the carrot ? |
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Post by billw on Nov 6, 2013 14:28:03 GMT -5
I was thinking the same thing.
It's a "scarrot".
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Post by steev on Nov 10, 2013 23:49:36 GMT -5
I think that variety is called "Judas".
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Post by ottawagardener on Nov 11, 2013 10:42:13 GMT -5
I wonder if some sort of growth point alteration happened. Looks like the thin hair roots are thickened as well. Fascinating and yes very skirrety.
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Post by coppice on Nov 11, 2013 10:51:37 GMT -5
Too much fertilize in the soil. Next year plant in beds that have not been manured the same year.
Carrot needs a well worked bed but less poo.
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Post by richardw on Nov 11, 2013 12:01:08 GMT -5
I tend to agree with trixtrax in that its a throwback to older genetics,i get some that do that too in yet my garden is 100% animal manure free and as well as i would only use a small amount of fertilize in the 12 months previous before been sown with carrots,certainly nothing while they are growing.
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Post by ottawagardener on Nov 12, 2013 13:31:04 GMT -5
Richard: Any particular varieties? Some plants are naturally tap rooted which was possible for the carrot. Some of those side roots look like they could be broken off and replanted. Intriguing but not sure how they would handle a seeding cycle. Maybe just die as biennially programmed.
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Post by ottawagardener on Nov 12, 2013 13:31:09 GMT -5
Richard: Any particular varieties? Some plants are naturally tap rooted which was possible for the carrot. Some of those side roots look like they could be broken off and replanted. Intriguing but not sure how they would handle a seeding cycle. Maybe just die as biennially programmed.
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Post by nicollas on Mar 15, 2014 10:14:08 GMT -5
diane: is there a chance that this carrot was salvaged ?
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