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with dry silver sand when making initial sowings, so you can see exactly how far apart you're sowing the seed.If you don't mind small carrots, make just one thinning to leave seedlings 4cm apart.Advice on growing carrotsMonty Don's video project on growing

Loggerd on to find about carrot fly. Found organic and crop rotation.What about prevention and cure? As regards to crop rotation some people seem to grow some cropson same plot year after year, how do they manage this? I would be very interested

carrots again!      Hmm, just may be!  However, there is nothing like the taste of the first veggies you have ever grown, and for me, the delight never goes away - keep going, the carrots will grow in due course.

area. I personally don't bother with companion planting. I have a root vegie bed and plant carrots and parsnips next to each other year after year without any problems. I grow carrots and parsnips next to each other with no problems. The only problem

Is it possible to transplant carrot seedlings? i use toilet roll middles for carrots then plant the whole roll with the carrot in themno probs,kitchen roll middles are great for beans go for it You can grow them in modules to plant out but you can

I'm not normally a veg grower but am planning to grow carrots in tubs with my little grandaughter this year.  I know that in the ground carrots don't like newly manured soil, but what would be the best growing medium to put them in?  I produce my

Monty Don demonstrates how to plant out leek plants from plugs to grow smaller, more tender leeks.summerMore video advice on growing vegetablesPlanting out leeks.Growing carrots in a container.Growing early potatoes.Harvesting garlic.

Monty Don demonstrates how to plant out leeks without damaging their roots, offering advice on planting depths and watering frequency.summerMore video advice growing vegetablesPlanting out leek plugs.Growing courgettes.Harvesting carrots

IF YOUR CHOOSING VEG YOU SHOULD CHOOSE THE ONES YOU LIKE THEN THINK ABOUT ONES YOU MAY TRY AND BUY THEM LATER. wot is the best way to grow carrots im growing some in the green house and they dont seem to be grwing Have they germinated?

blighters! Keep a layer of fine horticultural fleece over them, my friend has had wonderful carrots since she started doing this. It is said that growing onions nearby helps, as the onion fly and the carrot fly get confused about the smells. Don't thin out