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Easy to grow both in the ground and in pots, home-grown carrots are packed with flavour. Find our Best Buy varieties and ...

Louisiana First Lady Donna Edwards points out green beans, right, and kohlrabi, left, also called German turnip, a biennial ...

It’s possible to easily get a good harvest of fabulous carrots from a container without having to invest a lot of time and ...

These simple tips will help you grow your own carrots from seed and enjoy your best harvest yet. Carrot roots grow long and straight in loose, sandy soil, but they can become stunted, forked ...

Carrots and parsnips grow best in light, sandy soil so if your soil is heavy clay, stony, chalky or doesn't drain particularly well, concentrate on the maincrop, short-root types which cope better ...

Plant them on ridges to facilitate mechanical ... down completely to avoid storage rots before marketing. Carrots can remain in good condition for 100-150 days when the foliage is removed and ...

If the foliage starts to wilt, give them a good soak. Weed between the rows regularly, using a hoe or a hand fork. Carrots don’t grow well if they have to compete with weeds. Baby carrots can be ...