Have you ever grown a really weird carrot and wondered why it looked that way?
Me too. Anyone know the answer?
~ Mavis
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Mavis Garden Blog – What Causes Mutant Carrots?
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Susan says
Haevy soil. (clay) Carrots grow best in sandy soil
Susan says
OOPS! “Heavy”
Sally says
I have always thought it was 2 or 3 carrots seeds growing too closely and get connected? My 2 cents…
Les Godwin says
Soil density and spacing or nematodes. Rocks in ths soil can also cause a problem.
kristin says
rocks or something that it hits while trying to grow down- so they grow in another direction
Melissa says
Well, that top one is definitely a boy. Mine were like that too. :o(
Leanne says
LOL
Lori says
Ha! I wanted to be the first to point out the boy/man carrot! I think that carrot just decided to be lazy and wait for you to do all the work.
Jenna Consolo says
Then it’s definitely a man!
Gloria says
The third one is my favorite. It’s like tiny carrot pants.
Angela Kruger says
Carrots fork when soil is too rich in nitrogen. low nitrogen fertlizers only for them.
Lynda says
Too much nitrogen….great soil…mutant carrots.
Mari the Kiwi says
Alien genetic experiments I reckon!! Some of those are almost pornographic. lol
Ok seriousness required.
– This can be caused by the soil being to shallow, ie not dug deep enough to make it friable. Carrots like loose deep soil.
– It seemed to me your carrots were covered by a lot of the neighbouring vegetation. Altho the carrots grow in a narrow row, they need light to the soil. It appears to me that you do not have very big tops on them. Because they were fighting for the light, the tops got the growth, not the root.
– Did u thin them back to one every 4″ or so? I know, I hate destroying the little babies but it really is necessary…. but….. if u dig a 4″ ‘v’ shaped channel about 8″ to the side of the main row, you can carefully transplant the spare babies into that row. Lay them out against the sloping side and then back fill and stand them up carefully. DO it in the evening on a very fine day and water well, then cover with some wet newspaper propped over the row and you will find in a couple of days, they will be sitting nice and erect for you. I do this with my thinnings. I grow lettuces or radishes in the space the carrot thinnings will go, as they are usually up and eaten by the time u need to thin. Either that or if u have the room, leave a good 18″ between rows of carrots to fit the thinnings in.
Ronni says
Don’t know….but my 5 year old wants me to plant some “Just like that”!!
The Prudent Homemaker says
Nematodes in the soil.
Kathy says
I have two beds, one with topsoil with no pebbles and one with dirt from the garden with pebbles. The bed with no pebbles grew straight, the one with pebbles mutated in a huge way. They were both delicious…:D