![]() ![]() If you do decide to take the gamble and sacrifice your back and time to transplanting you’ll be happy for it. If you’re not transplanting and the thinned carrots have started to develop a tap root consider adding them to your salad. For example, fingerlings will need less room than Nantes, etc. Base your spacing on the variety of carrot your growing. You’ll probably find more seedlings have popped up and need moving. Thin so that the remaining seedlings have about 3/4 inch to 1.5 inches of space between. This also allows me to remove the seedlings with as little damage as possible, increasing the odds of successful transplanting (see my video, How To Transplant Seedlings, for a visual). I use a pencil to unearth the seedling in order to disturb the surrounding soil and root systems as little as possible. Gently pull the seedlings that look weaker and less developed. ![]() Give your carrot crop an initial thinning shortly after they germinate. ![]() Sand can be mixed with the seeds prior to planting to prevent heavy overseeding but a few extra seeds helps improves your germination quotient. This is usually necessary because the general practice is to overseed when planting carrots. It involves removing seedlings such that the remaining seedlings have the room they need to grow. Thinning carrots is usually a two step process. The whole process can be incredibly tedious and probably sounds crazy but, if a carrot sprouts, why not protect it and why chuck it into the compost heap simply to make room for it’s neighbors? So, I give in and throw my cards into the possible forked and whacky carrot pile. My hopeless love of homegrown carrots sometimes feels like opening Pandora’s Box - they can be challenging to sow, taunt foes like carrot flies and embolden people like me to transplant the thinnings. ![]()
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