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Post by littleminnie on Jun 5, 2016 21:35:58 GMT -5
I just seeded my fourth bed this season of home saved carrots. It just doesn't seem like the seed goes into the plate very well. I actually used the radish plate and went over each row twice and it still seemed like too much seed was left. The first three beds are sparser than I'd like. You can't see the seeds falling out because they are too small.
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Post by steev on Jun 6, 2016 1:10:05 GMT -5
Are you saying they're so sparse you aren't happy with the thinning you'll not have to do, or are they even sparser than that, given expected sprouting?
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 6, 2016 17:11:42 GMT -5
I'm still having lots of problems seeding my carrots! What can I do? I ended up sprinkling some today. I need to fix this.
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Post by reed on Jul 6, 2016 19:25:18 GMT -5
I read somewhere, I think in one of Carol's books to mix your little seeds with something. I used sand for radishes and peat moss for carrots. Just figure how many you need to fill the space, mix them up good with what ever you are using. Unlike the seeds by themselves it is easy to see on the ground and easy to spread evenly. Worked great for me.
[add] I don't know how that work with a seeder, I sow mine by hand in beds, not in rows.
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Post by ferdzy on Jul 6, 2016 20:27:03 GMT -5
It always seems like it's the second planting of carrot seeds that comes up. Trying to figure out how to just skip the first planting. No luck yet...
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Post by templeton on Jul 7, 2016 3:59:41 GMT -5
minnie, do your carrot seeds still have 'beards' on them? Could this be the reason? It's relatively easily removed by rubbing - i scrubbed them through some insect screen - the ones passing come out clean. Sorry, haven't used an earthway, so no advice there.
T
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Post by richardw on Jul 7, 2016 15:57:12 GMT -5
I'm the same as reed as i sow in beds and have got quite good at sprinkling seed evenly, but thats after rubbing off the beards as Gregg pointed out
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Post by steev on Jul 7, 2016 19:20:57 GMT -5
My sweetheart prolly thinks I should rub off my beard, but I figure it's only decent that I hide some of my masculine beauty, thereby giving other guys at least a dog's chance.
I've found that I get worthless results from seeded carrots unless they are protected from heat and dryness by a faster-sprouting "cover crop"; weeds will do it for me, but that's a PITA; Holly's method with lettuce seems optimal.
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Post by reed on Jul 7, 2016 21:34:47 GMT -5
I tried another thing I read in one of Carol Deppe's books. I mixed my carrots in the peat and put them in a bag slightly moistened. When I saw a couple of sprouts I took them out and sowed them and kept them moist, they all sprouted nicely in a couple of days.
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 7, 2016 22:41:44 GMT -5
No they aren't threshed or cleaned well at all. I need to work on them. My general method of using saved seed is mash them around in a bag and then reach down into the corner and grab some seeds. It doesn't seem to be working that well!
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 21, 2016 11:19:01 GMT -5
www.highmowingseeds.com/blog/seeding-beets-and-carrots-with-success/ I tried her method of carrots as well. Minnie, I have an earthway seeder and have never been able to make it work for carrots. So, I sprinkle. Interplant with lettuce and water. Her method of using a row cover worked pretty darn good. I put a shade cloth row cover over my sweet potatoes when I first set them out. It was 102 in the shade! They're doing well now. Eak, I gotta go pick green beans. No more time. Let me know if you try her method.
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