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Post by ilex on Mar 12, 2015 13:19:12 GMT -5
About 65 lb of carrots from the "selection patch":  These are the selected ones:  I will add a few more local black/purples that grew very well, plus the best of everything else I tested. These are too big, all over 0.5 kilo:  Interesting ringed one. Note core is not white, it's traslucent. I don't remember having seen that before.   |
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Post by ilex on Mar 12, 2015 13:33:32 GMT -5
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Post by darrenabbey on Mar 12, 2015 14:23:08 GMT -5
wow, pretty!
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Post by ferdzy on Mar 12, 2015 15:36:08 GMT -5
Amazing!
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 12, 2015 21:54:09 GMT -5
I love the photo. Purple carrots were a complete no go for me. They grew like crazy, but had no flavor, or tasted like diesel! They are also annual in my garden. I have enough carrot seed to last me about 3 years. I guess then I'll have to start again.
I'm not against big carrots. Lots of juicers here! But my son is a carrot snob. He went through the whole trial and tasted them! Juanne de Dobbs was one of his favorites of the colored carrots. You've certainly done a lot of work on this! Biennials! The "B" word!
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Post by ilex on Mar 13, 2015 5:04:07 GMT -5
Most of the genetics for big are jaune de doubs and old Spanish varieties. Spanish varieties are always planted July-October so most probably annual. They are good tasting and the cross jaune de doubs x lavender is gourmet quality. Selected ones are 250-300 grams.
There are many biennial genetics there, so it should be easy to make it biennial. All oranges I started with are biennial, the yellows too.
Annual seems to be a single dominant gene, so I should be able to get biennials just by selecting from F2. As this year was the first with purples, they are F1 and annuals (hipotesis). If I plant 2015 seed in late winter/ early spring 2016, annuals should bolt, and I should have all biennials seed in summer 2017.
Looks like a very doable and worth it project. I might get some real monsters if they grow for a full year. I planted in October and they almost don't grow December to February.
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Post by ilex on Mar 14, 2015 5:44:54 GMT -5
I need to add oxheart to the mix
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Post by ilex on Mar 7, 2017 13:03:38 GMT -5
I need to add oxheart to the mix Project continues. Summer 2015 rained a lot, and ruined most of the seed. Did plant oxheart. Very good flavour, not vigorous under my conditions. Not impressed at all. |
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Post by ilex on Apr 2, 2017 14:28:14 GMT -5
I need to add oxheart to the mix Project continues. Summer 2015 rained a lot, and ruined most of the seed. Did plant oxheart. Very good flavour, not vigorous under my conditions. Not impressed at all. Can you tell my landrace from other varieties?  From right to left: dragon, 2 rows of oxheart, my landrace |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Apr 2, 2017 16:57:33 GMT -5
From right to left: dragon, 2 rows of oxheart, my landrace Yes!!! So happy to see this. |
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